Blast kills several in Russia's Ingushetia

Several people were killed in a powerful blast today in the centre of Nazran, the capital of Russia's southern province of Ingushetia…

Several people were killed in a powerful blast today in the centre of Nazran, the capital of Russia's southern province of Ingushetia bordering Chechnya, Russian news agencies reported.

Interfax news agency quoted sources in local law-enforcement bodies as saying the blast occurred near the town's cultural centre when an army jeep was passing by. "There are dead and injured," the source told Interfax.

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