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Bomb kills policeman in car explosion
Canada News.Net
Monday 24th March, 2008
A car bomb exploded has exploded outside a bank in southern Russia's violence-plagued Ingushetia region, injuring at least five people.
A car parked on a central street in the regional capital, Nazran, was shielding a bomb on the ground, which exploded when the owner of the car, a police officer, used a remote control to unlock the vehicle.
The officer and another policeman who was with him were seriously injured.
Three passers-by were also hurt in the explosion.
Ingushetia is a small region adjacent to war-scarred Chechnya.
A volatile region in Russia's North Caucasus, it is the site of frequent attacks targeting police authorities.
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