30 injured in blast in Russia
August 18th, 2010 - 4:14 am ICT by IANSMoscow, Aug 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 30 people were injured after a car exploded in the centre of the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk Tuesday, a local emergencies department source said.
“Three of the wounded are in a critical condition,” the source said.
An explosive device was detonated in a Lada car parked near a cafe at 16:15 Moscow time (12:15 GMT).
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) to do everything possible to get to the bottom of the incident.
Pyatigorsk is the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus Federal District, which includes the volatile republics of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, where terrorist attacks and militant clashes are common.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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