Improvised explosive device. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

30 September 2013, 13:18

Bomb planted in restaurant defused in Makhachkala

Combat engineers have defused an improvised explosive device with capacity of 12 kg of TNT left by unidentified persons at the restaurant "Golden Empire" in Makhachkala. This was reported by the Operational Headquarters in the Republic of Dagestan.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that last night the restaurant "Golden Empire" was visited by unidentified persons who shot several times to the ceiling, threw a package with a suspicious object and fled.

The package turned out to be an improvised explosive device, and it was defused by combat engineers from the FSB Department for Dagestan, who used a manipulation robot, the "Interfax" reports.

The unidentified persons approached the restaurant in a car that they took away from a local resident who worked as a private taxi driver. According to his story, three men threatened him with a pistol and forced him out of his VAZ-217030 car.

The unidentified persons left the restaurant and fled in the same car, which was found 20 minutes later in the course of operational activities. This was reported by the statement posted on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

Let us remind you that on September 28, in Khasavyurt, unidentified persons blew up a bomb at a grocery store. According to the police's information, the incident involved three men in masks. They entered the grocery store, placed an explosive device on the counter and then forced a saleswoman out of the building. After that, an explosion occurred in the grocery store, no one suffered.

Four victims of blast in Dagestani village of Khuchni are still in grave condition, MIA: two civilians and 10 policemen hit by terror act in Dagestan, In Chechnya, two soldiers hit by landmine explosion, one of them died, Terror act kills policeman in Ingushetia.

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