20 police die in Russian suicide bomb
The blast, which wounded more than 130 others, undermined Kremlin claims that its efforts to bring calm and prosperity to the impoverished patchwork of ethnic groups, clans and religions were succeeding. It also stoked fears that Ingushetia has replaced Chechnya as the next battleground in the southern Russian region.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which left the two-storey building smouldering and a crater in the compound’s courtyard, where the attacker detonated the bomb.
