August 25, 2005
Ingushetia neighbors Chechnya and is racked by the same ROP inspired violence. Xinhua:
Two powerful explosions rocked a southern Russian republic Thursday afternoon, injuring the prime minister of the republic and killing one of his guards.Ibragim Malsagov, the prime minister of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, was wounded in the leg in an assassination attempt in Nazran, the main city of the republic, at 2:25 p.m. Moscow time (1025 GMT), a regional interior ministry official was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.
Malsagov was rushed to hospital and doctors confirmed that his life was not in danger.
However, one of his guards was killed and at least two others were injured in the blasts.
Officials said attackers detonated two bombs as Malsagov's motorcade passed through central Nazran, with the first blast meant to divert attention.
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