Big terrorist act thwarted in Makhachkala - Dagestan IntMin

MAKHACHKALA. September 1. KAZINFORM A big terrorist act, which terrorists prepared for September 1, the Day of Knowledge, has been thwarted, Ali Magomedov, Dagestan Minister of the Interior, told journalists on Tuesday, Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.

The Interior Minister said, "When traffic police stopped a car tor an inspecitonof papers, a suicide bomber activated an explosive device. Thereby a big terrorist act, which terrorists were planning to stage at a point in the city today, on the Day of Knowledge, was thwarted".

The explosion wounded four traffic policemen. They are currently at the republican orthopaedic traumatology center. Yet another person, a civilian motorist who was riding past in a car, has been also hospitalised, Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.

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