Two handmade bombs unarmed in Dagestan

MOSCOW. November 20. KAZINFORM Two 1-kilogram-TNT bombs were unarmed in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, on Friday, the information center of the National Counter Terrorism Committee told Itar-Tass; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

A tenant informed the police about a suspicious plastic bag with sticking out wires at 12, Alferov Street, at 1:50 p.m. Moscow time. The area was blocked, and tenants were evacuated.

"Employees of the Dagestani department of the Federal Security Service confirmed that the plastic bag contained two bombs made from champagne bottles filled with explosives. The bombs were unarmed with the use of a water gun at 5:15 p.m. Moscow time," he said.

"The bombs were preliminary estimated at one kilogram of TNT each," the source said.

No one was hurt, the source noted. Forensic experts keep working on the location, and a criminal case will be opened soon.

The Committee thanked local residents for their vigilance and cooperation with the police. "The prevention of militant attacks in Dagestan has become a common cause of everyone interested in sociopolitical stability in the republic," the source said.

A source at the Dagestani Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass that the bombs were found near a polytechnic college.