Car Bomb Explodes at Central Market in Southern Russia

[rodbarnett]

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (AP) - A car bomb exploded Tuesday night at the central market in Vladikavkaz, a southern Russian city near the war-ravaged Chechen Republic.
Heavy smoke filled the area as firefighters battled flames. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was killed or injured. Glass in some of the two-story buildings surrounding the marketplace was shattered.

A March 1999 bombing in Vladikavkaz's central market killed 55 people and wounded 168. Four men were convicted and given sentences up to life in prison for the bombing.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGACAKA38QD.html

[maggrwaggr]

1. Putin's poll numbers must be down

nt

[Aidoneus]

2. at least 1 dead, 5 soldiers injured

in other news, several Chechens have been seized by the Russians and their lackeys and probably tortured and/or executed in the last 48hrs.. but that's not really news, as much as it is an egg-timer.