Friday, September 23, 2011

Series of Attacks Leave Russian Official and Officers dead.

On Thursday September 22nd, a bomb with power equivalent to 6 pounds of trinitrotoluene (TNT) exploded in the capital of Dagestan, Russia. The first explosion occurred adjacent to a police car, wounding the four officers inside. When more officers and other help arrived at the scene, a second coordinated bomb exploded fifteen minutes later. This detonation, suspected to have the power of around 80 pounds of TNT. It's believed to have injured between 39 and 60 people, around 40 of them being police officers. The number of deaths is not yet confirmed. The buildings nearby the blast radius were either completely demolished or severely damaged. In addition to the coordinated explosions, a Dagestani police official, Mohammed Murtazaliev, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Friday. Several of his relatives were also caught in the crossfire as well.

The Republic of Dagestan is slowly become a more violent region. Through out this year, over 300 people have been killed in over 150 attacks directed at the government. Along with gang wars, this region of  Caucasuas (a district of Russia) is becoming a more dangerous place to live. Wars between Russia and Chechnya are the cause of an Islamic militant group coming into this region of Russia. One Islamic body had been recorded as  declaring holy war against Russia.
-Nate
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