Another suicide bomber strikes in north Caucasus

A suicide bomber on Monday blew himself up in a police station,killing two policemen and wounding 13 others in Russias north Caucasus region of Ingushetia,bordering insurgency-hit Chechnya.

The suicide bomber struck as a car full of officers entered the compound of police headquarters in Karabulak at about 8.20 am,Russias investigative committee said in a statement.

The attackers explosives were spiked with incapacitating elements designed to inflict maximum injuries,it said,in a likely reference to metal shrapnel.

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The bomber died at the scene and over a dozen police officers with injuries from the blast were rushed to hospital,where two of them died,the statement said.

The fresh attack came after a wave of suicide bombings,including two attacks on the Moscow metro that killed more than 50 Russians last week and two suicide strikes in Dagestan,which claimed 12 lives.

The suicide blast was followed half an hour later by second explosion as police carried out a controlled explosion of a car bomb found fitted with a timer device.

The suicide bomber had been trying to enter the police station premises,when guards stopped him forcing him to detonate his explosives prematurely,investigators said.

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