23:30, 23 December 2010

Explosion in Makhachkala contuses three militiamen

Three employees of the separate battalion of the road traffic patrol of the STSI (State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) of the Makhachkala UVD, who made a "Lava-149" crew, were placed in the Republic's Clinical Hospital after last night's explosion in Nikolaeva Street, said a source from the local MIA.

At 8:55 p.m. in Imam Shamil Avenue, when an UAZ of the patrol-post service was passing by, a casing-free explosive device planted at trash cans was triggered. Three militiamen addressed the hospital, but were let home almost immediately.

At 11:30 p.m. another similar casing-free bomb exploded in Nikolaeva Street at a road-patrol car; three militiamen were contused and taken to hospital, the RIA "Novosti" reports.