A car bomb exploded near a military base in Russia's southern Dagestan region on Sunday, killing at least one person, a military official said.
The blast occurred about 100 meters (yards) from a military base in the town of Kaspiysk in the mainly Muslim region of Dagestan, a spokesman for border guard troops at the base told Reuters.
"According to provisional information no-one died except the driver of the car," he said, adding that police were investigating reports the bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber.
The explosion completely destroyed the car, a white Lada, a witness at the scene told Reuters.
Police were on alert for possible attacks ahead of Sunday's celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War Two.
I guess Sunday might be a day with a lot of people out in the streets, and therefore a greater range of targets. But honestly, aren't there plenty of other reasons why a bomb might go off in Russia near the Azerbaijan border along the Caspian Sea coast where there is a large Muslim population...? Hmmm....
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