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Head of Russia's Ingushetia in intensive care - RIA

Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:31am EDT
MOSCOW, June 22 (Reuters) - The leader of Russia's Ingushetia region was in a serious condition and being treated in intensive care after an assassination attempt, RIA news agency quoted a source in local law enforcement agencies as saying.

President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov of the Republic of Ingushetia was injured when a blast rocked his car. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Michael Stott)

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