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A glance at other recent attacks in Ingushetia

August 17, 2009, 07:11 PM Post Comments
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Monday's bombing at a police station in Ingushetia is the latest in a string of attacks targeting police and government officials in the troubled North Caucasus region.

Other recent bombings and attacks in Ingushetia include:

_ Aug. 12: gunmen kill construction minister Ruslan Amerkhanov in his office in the Ingush capital, Magas; his assistant is wounded.

_ June 22: a suicide bomber hits a convoy carrying regional President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, badly wounding him and killing three bodyguards.

_ June 13: gunmen fatally shoot Bashir Aushev, a former deputy prime minister who oversaw police agencies, as he stands outside his home in Nazran, Ingushetia's main city.

_ June 10: snipers kill Aza Gazgireeva, deputy chief justice of the regional Supreme Court, as she drops her children off at a kindergarten in Nazran.

_ March 4: a man fires several grenades at the home of former President Murat Zyazikov in Nazran. Zyazikov is unhurt, but the attacker dies in explosion.

_ Sept. 30, 2008: a suicide bomber attacks the motorcade of Ingushetia's top police official, Ruslan Meiriyev. Meiriyev is unhurt, but a bystander is killed, along with the attacker.

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