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| The president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia has been wounded in an assassination attempt, apparently launched by a suicide bomber. | The president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia has been wounded in an assassination attempt, apparently launched by a suicide bomber. |
| Yunus-Bek Yevkurov is said to be in a critical but stable condition in hospital, with head and chest injuries. | |
| Reports said one bodyguard was killed and several others were wounded, after a car travelling at high speed rammed the president's vehicle. | Reports said one bodyguard was killed and several others were wounded, after a car travelling at high speed rammed the president's vehicle. |
| Ingushetia, which neighbours Chechnya, has seen violence soar recently. | Ingushetia, which neighbours Chechnya, has seen violence soar recently. |
| Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the attack, in the city of Nazran, "an act of terror". | Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the attack, in the city of Nazran, "an act of terror". |
| He has ordered the interior ministry and the Federal Security Service (FSB) "to fully investigate the attack on the Ingush president's life and to take all the necessary law-enforcement efforts", presidential press secretary Natalya Timakova said. | He has ordered the interior ministry and the Federal Security Service (FSB) "to fully investigate the attack on the Ingush president's life and to take all the necessary law-enforcement efforts", presidential press secretary Natalya Timakova said. |
| Charred shell | Charred shell |
| The attack was launched at about 0820 (0420 GMT) as the president's motorcade passed, carrying him to work, an official told Itar-Tass news agency. | The attack was launched at about 0820 (0420 GMT) as the president's motorcade passed, carrying him to work, an official told Itar-Tass news agency. |
| Mr Yevkurov is a decorated Russian military officer | Mr Yevkurov is a decorated Russian military officer |
| The brother of the president was among at least three bodyguards injured in the attack, he said. | The brother of the president was among at least three bodyguards injured in the attack, he said. |
| Witnesses said they saw a 4x4 vehicle - apparently the president's - on the road with broken windows and bodywork damage. | Witnesses said they saw a 4x4 vehicle - apparently the president's - on the road with broken windows and bodywork damage. |
| The charred shell of another car - presumably the bomber's - lay at the bottom of an embankment. | The charred shell of another car - presumably the bomber's - lay at the bottom of an embankment. |
| No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it seems probable that it was carried out by Muslim separatists fighting against Moscow's rule in Ingushetia, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Moscow. | No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it seems probable that it was carried out by Muslim separatists fighting against Moscow's rule in Ingushetia, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Moscow. |
| Monday's attack is the third on a senior figure in Ingushetia in as many weeks. | Monday's attack is the third on a senior figure in Ingushetia in as many weeks. |
| On June 10, gunmen killed the deputy chief supreme court justice in Nazran as she dropped her children at a kindergarten. | On June 10, gunmen killed the deputy chief supreme court justice in Nazran as she dropped her children at a kindergarten. |
| Three days later, the region's former vice prime minister was shot dead outside his home in Nazran. | Three days later, the region's former vice prime minister was shot dead outside his home in Nazran. |
| Hundreds of refugees from the wars in Chechnya have settled in Ingushetia, a mainly Muslim republic, which is itself one of Russia's poorest regions. | Hundreds of refugees from the wars in Chechnya have settled in Ingushetia, a mainly Muslim republic, which is itself one of Russia's poorest regions. |
| The insurgency in Chechnya has largely been suppressed, but the violence has spilled over and now seems to be escalating in Ingushetia and Dagestan. | The insurgency in Chechnya has largely been suppressed, but the violence has spilled over and now seems to be escalating in Ingushetia and Dagestan. |
| President Yevkurov, a former paratrooper general, was installed by the Kremlin last year to try to bring stability to Ingushetia. | President Yevkurov, a former paratrooper general, was installed by the Kremlin last year to try to bring stability to Ingushetia. |
| Mr Medvedev paid tribute to the progress made by Mr Yevkurov, saying: "The Ingush president did much recently both to bring order and... civil peace to the republic. The bandits did not like this activity." | Mr Medvedev paid tribute to the progress made by Mr Yevkurov, saying: "The Ingush president did much recently both to bring order and... civil peace to the republic. The bandits did not like this activity." |