Moscow, March 31: Nine people, including a local police chief, were killed and many others injured today in two successive blasts in Kizlyar town in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan.
Nine people have died in the blasts, according to Interfax news agency.
It said local police chief Vitaly Vedernikov was also killed in suicide attack by a man in police uniform.
The first blast took place at around 8.30 am (1000 IST) when a car parked on the street near a school and packed with explosives was blown up by its driver.
As police officers and residents gathered at the scene there was a second blast half an hour later by a man who was wearing police uniform.
However, there were no children in the school. Three cars parked near by were gutted.
Authorities have launched investigations into the blasts.
–PTI