Attacker in Nalchik hippodrome assassinated, ICPO reports

The terrorist who had planted a bomb, which was triggered on May 1 in the hippodrome in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, was killed on August 28 in Nalchik as a result of a special operation, said Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of the Russian Federation.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on May 1 this year an explosion was triggered in the hippodrome during an equestrian holiday. The culprits planted a bomb on the roof of the VIP box, where the president of the republic was supposed to be; however, the latter was late to the event. The explosion, which was recognized as a terror attack, killed a war veteran, the 104-year-old Saidin Shebzukhov; about 30 more persons were wounded.

"The investigation has established the person, who had made the bomb, and the person, who planted it in the territory of the hippodrome. On August 28, in the course of a special operation conducted by law enforcement bodies in Nalchik the direct executor of the crime was liquidated; he had planted the explosive device under the roof of the third tier of the central tribune of the hippodrome, where the explosion was triggered," the "Interfax" quotes Mr Markin as saying.