At Least One Killed In Suicide Blast In North Ossetia

The site of a suicide bomb blast on the border between the Northern Ossetia and Ingushetia

At least one police officer was reported killed and two others wounded in a suspected suicide bombing in North Ossetia, in Russia's troubled North Caucasus.

Russian media reports quoted officials as saying a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police checkpoint close to the administrative border with neighboring Ingushetia.

No further details on the attack were immediately available.

compiled from agency reports