Twin bombings rock Dagestani town of Kizlyar

Twin blasts rocked Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, just two days after two metro suicide bombings in Moscow.

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Twin blasts rocked the town of Kizlyar in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, just two days after two metro suicide bombings in Moscow.

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The first blast went off at 08:45 Moscow time (04:45 GMT), when a car bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber some 300 meters from the buildings of the Interior Ministry, Federal Security Service and a school. It had a force of up to 200 kg of TNT.

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Two police officers were killed in the first explosion, which also injured several bystanders.

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The second explosion came 20 minutes later when a suicide bomber dressed in a police officer's uniform blew himself up as a crowd gathered.

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The suicide bomber, who had the equivalent of 1.5 kg of TNT strapped to his body, has been identified as Daud Jabrailov, a citizen of Kizlyar.

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A total of nine policemen were killed in the blasts, including the city's police chief, Vitaly Vedernikov, 29 people were injured.