on-Don, December 20, SPA -- Police said five people were wounded in explosions set off by rebels in southern Russia, AP reported. The Russian Interior Ministry's branch in the province of Dagestan said three police officers were wounded Friday when their vehicle hit a radio-controlled landmine laid by the rebels on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Makhachkala. The Interior Ministry's branch for Chechnya said that a police officer and a civilian were wounded Saturday by an explosive device left by the rebels at a construction site.
