19:00, 3 January 2011

A food store exploded in Dagestan

A food store in Khasavyurt was destroyed as a result of an explosion of an unidentified explosive device. There are no victims.

"At 0:40 Moscow time a powerful explosive device was activated at the entrance of a food store in Khasavyurt, as a result the building was practically fully destroyed", an official of the Municipal Department of Interior Affairs said.

There were no victims or injured persons as a result of the explosion, an operative investigation group is working in the scene of the incident, RIA "Novosti" reports.

The explosion has also damaged several power transmission lines near the store.

Our source said that it had been already the third attempt of gangsters' assault at the food store for the recent period. Search of the persons who have committed this crime is going on, "Interfax" reports.