Twin blasts rocked Russia"s North Caucasus...

The death toll from the explosions in the town of Kizlyar near Chechnya on Wednesday morning currently stands at 12, including 2 terrorists. 29 people were injured.

The first blast occurred at 08:45 Moscow time (04:45 GMT), and the other came 20 minutes later. The explosions occurred some 300 meters from the buildings of the Interior Ministry, Federal Security Service and a school.

"An explosive device was detonated when a car was leaving the city Interior Ministry department. According to preliminary information, two Interior Ministry employees were in the car," investigators said in a statement.

The two police officers were killed by the explosion, which injured several bystanders.

"Around 20 minutes later a suicide bomber, dressed in a police officer"s uniform, arrived at the scene where an investigation group was working, and activated an explosive device he had on his body," the statement added.

The suicide bomber has been identified as Daud

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