The jihadis, they don’t play the ponies. “One killed, 29 injured in bomb attack in Russia’s North Caucasus,” from Xinhua, May 1 (thanks to Maxwell):
MOSCOW, May 1 (Xinhua) — The bomb attack at a horse race in Russia’s North Caucasus region claimed its first victim Saturday when one of those injured died in hospital, while the official injured toll rose to 29, news agencies said.
The attack took place at a hippodrome in the city of Nalchik, capital of Russia’s North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Saidli Shibzukhov, a war veteran born in 1906, died during surgery in hospital, an emergency ministry spokesman said….
A law enforcement source told the RIA Novosti news agency the explosive was a time bomb, equivalent to about 5 kg of TNT.
The ministry officials said the attack was aimed at civilians and was designed to hit as many people as possible.