A top official in a southern Russia region near rebel Chechnya has been killed by a car bomb, according to police. A police spokeswoman said Magomedsalikh Gusayev, regional Minister for National Policy, Information and External Relations in Dagestan, which borders Chechnya, died immediately in the blast. Interfax news agency said the explosion occurred in the morning as Gusayev's car drove away from his home in Makhachkala, the regional capital. Gusayev's driver survived and was being questioned by police, it said.
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