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Bomb blast rocks Ingushetia - 17 Aug 09
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Aug 20 09
Witnessed: 691 veces
Regions: Eastern Europe, Russia
Issues: Violence
Tags: bombing, caucasus, chechnya, ingushetia
Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has sacked a senior interior minister in Ingushetia, after 20 people were killed by a powerful bomb there.
The target was apparently officers who were reporting for inspection. At least 60 other people were injured, and local hospitals struggled to cope as blood supplies ran out.
Al Jazeera's Harry Smith reports.
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