Russian President Vladimir Putin
A suicide bomber and two accomplices were killed while attacking a police station in the southern Russian city of Stavropol on Monday, the Interfax news agency reported.
The report stated that the attackers were unable to enter the police station.
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“No police or civilians were injured during the attack, the report said, citing the local police press service.
“During the attempted attack, two were killed and one managed to perpetrate a suicide bombing,” the press service stated.
The city is located in the northern tip of Russia’s North Caucasus Mountains, where authorities have struggled with a home grown Islamist insurgency for decades.