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BBC NEWS
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 07:35 GMT 08:35 UK
South Russia blast kills minister
Map of Ingushetia and area
The deputy interior minister of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia is among at least seven people killed in a suspected suicide bombing.
Dzhabrail Kostayev was on his way to work in the region’s main city of Nazran when his car was hit by a blast, apparently caused by a bomber in a car.
Mr Kostoyev, who oversaw the province’s police, had been the target of several previous assassination attempts.
His two bodyguards and four civilians were also killed in Wednesday’s attack.
It is thought the civilians were in at least one other passing car that was caught up in the explosion.
“Almost nothing remains from the car that contained the explosive,” a police spokesman, quoted by Itar-Tass news agency, said.
The Ingush interior ministry suspects criminals are behind the explosion, but the republic has also suffered from the conflict in neighbouring Chechnya and security officials have not yet ruled out that the attack was linked to militant groups in the region.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4988748.stm
