Car bomb kills 1 policeman in Russia’s North Caucasus October 23, 2012 - 12:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One policeman was killed and three more wounded after a car loaded with explosives blew up on early Tuesday, Oct 23, at a border checkpoint between North Ossetia and Ingushetia, a spokeswoman for the North Ossetian Interior Ministry said, according to RIA Novosti. “The explosion was so powerful that parts of the car were scattered within the radius of 100 meters [328 feet],” Alla Akhpolova said. The Lada car, which approached the checkpoint moving from Ingushetia, was allegedly driven by a suicide bomber, she added. North Ossetian Deputy Interior Minister Kazbek Bekmurzov confirmed that one policeman was killed and three wounded as the car exploded near the checkpoint at 4:20 a.m. Moscow time (0:20 GMT). “We have one killed [policeman] and three heavily wounded, with one of them in an extremely critical condition. All wounded were taken to a hospital in Vladikavkaz,” he said. The Interior Minister of North Ossetia is expected to be shortly at the scene of the blast, Akhpolova added. Partner news  Top stories The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU.   Partner news |  Latest news International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia  Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova noted the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field.WB to support electronic control system launch in Prosecutor’s Office Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Jean-Michel Happi.Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software. |
