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Explosion kills 2 cops in southern Russian city
An explosion in the southern Russian region of Dagestan killed at least two police officers and wounded several more, officials said Saturday. An Associated Press reporter saw two dead bodies with police uniforms lying on the street in downtown Makhachkala, the capital of the troubled Caspian Sea region of Dagestan. Armed police, firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene. Dazed residents milled about, watching as workers swept broken glass from the street. A police officer at the scene told AP that a police foot patrol was passing by at the time of the blast and said several people were hospitalized. Marina Rusolova, of the Makhachkala police department, said the blast took place around 4 p.m. (1200GMT). The incident occurred not far from a banquet hall where a wedding was taking place, but it was unclear whether the wedding was the target. The Interfax news agency, citing a source in the Dagestani regional Interior Ministry, said the blast occurred as a police minibus was passing and said there were deaths. Near-daily attacks on police and authorities in Dagestan have raised fears that violence is spreading from neighboring Chechnya, where Russian forces have been battling separatist rebels. Some of the violence is believed to be linked to criminal gangs. Makhachkala is 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) south of Moscow.
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