12 dead, dozens injured in blast

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12 people are dead and more than 90 injured after two suicide bomb attacks on a police post in Dagestan, Russia late Thursday.

Officials say the first attacker detonated a bomb when police stopped a vehicle to check documents.

The second explosion came when fire brigades and ambulances arrived on the scene, causing additional casualties.

Investigators say they had found the remains of a man and a woman suspected of being the suicide bombers.

The attacks were the deadliest in months and threaten to undermine efforts by security forces to contain an Islamist insurgency in the region.

Julie Noce, Reuters