Four men have been shot dead after opening fire on police officers in the volatile southern Russian province of Dagestan.

At least five people were killed and 20 injured today when a car exploded near the central market of a major city in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region, officials said.

A suicide car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia’s violence-plagued republic of Dagestan today, officials said.

Five soldiers have been killed and about 40 wounded in a suicide car-bomb attack on a Russian base, officials in Russia’s violence-plagued republic of Dagestan said today.

Six policemen and nine militants have been killed in separate shootings in Russia’s violence-plagued North Caucasus, police said today.