BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/07/2008

Police discover second bomb in Belarus

Police in the Belarus capital, Minsk, have found a second bomb at the scene of a blast during Independence Day celebrations on Thursday. Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov said the discovery would help in the investigation of the first explosion during a holiday concert. As many as 50 people were hurt in the blast that police say so-called hooligans were behind. President Alexander Lukashenko was in attendance but was not harmed. A presidential spokesman said it was not an assassination attempt against the ruler, who's held an iron grip on the country since the mid-1990's.

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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3460696,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

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