Five persons killed by explosion in Ingushetia

Today, at 1:20 p.m. Moscow time, in Surkhakhi village, Nazran District of Ingushetia, an explosion happened, when sappers tried to neutralize a self-made bomb found in the roadside. Five employees of law enforcement bodies were killed.

According to the Ingushetian MIA, among the casualties are Mikhail Zakhrin, deputy head of the militia division for the Nazran District, and Mouli Dobriev, an OMON sapper with 15 years of experience. Names of other casualties are clarified. The "Interfax" also reports that Magomed Pogorov, a GOVD inspector, and sappers Khavazh Pogorov and Amir Kostoev were wounded and are now in grave condition.

A criminal case was initiated on the fact of explosion under Articles "Encroachment on life of law enforcers" and "Illegal circulation of firearms". An inquiry-operative group is now working at the place of the incident, as the "Gazeta.Ru" reports.