Sunday, January 16, 2011

Four killed in Dagestan bomb

At least four people have been killed in a bomb blast in Khasavyurt, Dagestan.

The bomb exploded at around 7.30pm on Friday night near the White Night Café. Two café staff and two customers were killed in the explosion while another five people were seriously injured. According to preliminary investigations, the bomb was hidden in a car which was parked outside the building.

Separatist rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack claiming that the café was in fact a brothel being run to service Russian soldiers who are stationed in Khasavyurt. In a statement on the Kavkaz Centre website, the separatists said that two of the dead were prostitutes and the other two were clients.

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