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Eight policemen killed in Russia bomb attack

2012-08-19 43 Dailymotion

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The deadly aftermath of a suicide bomb attack in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region.

The blast killed eight police officers and injured 15 others attending the funeral of a slain colleague in Ingushetia on Sunday.

The bombing came just hours after a masked gunmen opened fire in a mosque in the nearby Dagestan region, wounding eight Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan.

More than a decade after federal forces toppled a separatist government in Chechnya, Russia is still struggling to contain a growing Islamic insurgency.

Militants fighting to carve an Islamic state from the North Caucasus are increasingly attacking officials and security forces as well as mainstream Muslim leaders backed by authorities.