Eight Die In Russian Caucasus Bombing, Mosque Shooting -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least seven policemen attending the funeral of a colleague in Russia's volatile Caucasus region of Ingushetia, hours after masked gunmen opened fire in a mosque in nearby Dagestan province, killing one person.
More than a decade after federal forces toppled a separatist government in a war in Chechnya, Russia is still struggling to contain an Islamic insurgency that has spread to other southern provinces in its mainly Muslim Caucasus mountains region.
Militants fighting to carve an Islamic state from the North Caucasus attack officials and law enforcement personnel almost daily but have also increasingly targeted mainstream Muslim leaders backed by the authorities.
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More News On The Escalating Violence In The Caucasus
Eight dead after suicide bombing in Russia’s Caucasus -- RT
At Least 7 Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack in Ingushetia -- RIA Novosti
Daghestan Casualties As Military Convoy Ambushed -- Radio Free Europe
In Russia, suicide attack targets police officer's funeral -- L.A. Times
Mosque shooting, suicide bombing hit Russia's Caucasus region -- CNN
Suicide bomber kills seven in North Caucasus -- The Telegraph
Suicide bomber strikes in Russian Caucasus -- Al Jazeera
Suicide bomber kills seven in Russian's Ingushetia region -- BBC
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