Bomb found on street in Dagestan capital

MAKHACHKALA, Russia, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- An improvised explosive device with the equivalent of more than 16 pounds of TNT was found in the Russian Dagestan Republic and defused Friday.

The bomb was on a street in Makhachkala, the Dagestan capital, Interfax news agency reported.

Police said the device included a detonator, one pound of explosive packed into a jar, and a metal bucket filled with ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder mixed together. A bomb disposal team used a water cannon to neutralize the device.

The conflict in Chechnya has leached across the border into Dagestan, which is on Russia's southern border in the Caucasus Mountains. Maj. Gen Valery Lipinsky of the Russian Interior Department was fatally wounded Monday in an attack on his car near the capital, while his wife and driver were injured.