Series of attacks in Tartary

[Kitsunegari]

http://news.yahoo.com/attacks-target...091105739.html

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The senior Islamic official in Russia's largely Muslim Tatarstan region was wounded in a bomb attack and a deputy was killed in a separate shooting on Thursday, rocking a province seen as a showcase of religious tolerance in Russia.
Tatarstan's mufti, Ildis Faizov, was hospitalized after three powerful blasts threw him from a vehicle in Tatarstan's capital Kazan, the federal Investigative Committee said.
Reuters television footage showed the vehicle engulfed in flames and billowing smoke on a wide, green-lined avenue in central Kazan, a popular destination for tourists from Moscow, about 735 km (450 miles) east of Russia's capital.
Around the same time, deputy mufti Valiulla Yakupov was shot dead outside his home, the Investigative Committee said.

So, are the jihadi groups expanding their operations, or is this a fluky occurence in an otherwise peaceful area?

[Col. Tartleton]

This looks like a job for the Oprichniki.

[Darth Red]

This OP looks like it needs more commentary from the opening poster. Closed for the time being.