MAKHACHKALA, August 4 (Itar-Tass) - An explosion was reported near a shop in downtown Makhachkala, the capital city of the North Caucasian volatile republic of Dagestan.
“The blast occurred at a round-the-clock food store at the corner of Kostrov and Yaragsky Streets,” a spokesman for the Dagestan interior ministry told Itar-Tass. “No further details are available so far.”