Blast at Chechnya oil wells: volatile Russian region until attack again from separatist rebels.
Russian pipeline intact after bomb attack
An explosion injured a man but did not damage gas pipeline yesterday in a series of attacks on Russia’s southern regions.
The bomb exploded as a man tried to plant it under the gas pipeline, tearing off his arms at the wrists, Itar-Tass news agency reported citing local security officials..
Four militants were killed in the latest series of attacks in the volatile North Caucasus over the weekend.
A series of suicide bombs and attacks on police and security forces in Chechnya, where Russia has fought two separatist wars since the mid-1990s, and the two neighbouring regions of Ingushetia and Dagestan, have shattered a few years of relative calm in the region, Reuters reported.