Bomb explosion prevented in Russian North Caucasus
10:31, 25 May 2010
NALCHIK. May 25. KAZINFORM A bomb explosion has been prevented in the building of a police station in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria's town of Baksan, police said Tuesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
"A homemade explosive device made on the basis of an F-1 grenade was discovered near the central entrance to the building housing the municipal and district police departments," a spokesman said.
The bomb is being defused; dwellers of nearby houses have been evacuated.
Sporadic terrorist attacks and militant clashes are common in Russia's volatile southern republics, although the Kremlin has officially ended its military campaign against separatists and terrorists there; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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