Russian hydroelectric power station blast kills two - Polidicks

[QUOTE] A bomb and gun attack on a hydroelectric power station in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region has killed two guards and injured two others. Four bombs caused a fire in the Baksan plant's engine room which was later extinguished, prosecutors said. Supplies to the electricity grid were not affected, according to the state-run RusHydro company. The plant on the Baksan river lies in a part of the North Caucasus gripped by a violent Islamist insurgency. Officials said the flow of water from the dam had been stopped to prevent any flooding downriver. Kabardino-Balkaria has seen less militant violence than the nearby regions of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia. The most serious attack came in October 2005 when dozens of men stormed the regional capital Nalchik, leaving 136 people dead including 91 militants, according to the Russian government. 'No disaster threat' RusHydro said in a statement on its website that explosions had hit the plant at 0525 local time (0125 GMT) on Wednesday. [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48432000/gif/_48432210_russia_kabardino_baksan_304_0710.gif[/IMG] The attackers detonated four explosive devices in the 25-megawatt Baksan plant while a fifth failed to go off, prosecutors said. According to police spokesman Adlan Kakakuyev, two cars carrying half a dozen assailants had attacked the plant, shooting two guards and wounding three other people. The attackers reportedly seized two Kalashnikov assault rifles from the dead guards. The same group are believed to have earlier opened fire on a police station in the town of Baksan. No group was saying immediately that it had carried out the attack, the agency adds. The Baksan hydroelectric power station was built in the 1930s. "There is no danger of a technical accident or disaster," regional official Gennady Vykhristyuk said in televised remarks. "The power plant's staff are alive and well." According to Russia's Ria-Novosti news agency, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has put Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin in charge of repairing the damaged power station.[/QUOTE] Fucking Bombs Source: [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10708389[/URL]

Well that sucks, feel sorry for the guards/people that got hurt

[QUOTE=ruarai;23512110][quote]The power plant's staff are alive and well[/quote] [quote]A bomb and gun attack on a hydroelectric power station in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region has killed two guards and injured two others.[/quote] Eh?[/QUOTE] perhaps the guards weren't staff for the plant and were hired from some place?

[QUOTE=ruarai;23512110][QUOTE]The power plant's staff are alive and well[/QUOTE][QUOTE]A bomb and gun attack on a hydroelectric power station in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region has killed two guards and injured two others.[/QUOTE]Eh?[/QUOTE] It's obviously talking about the guards and the workers separately.

This reminds me of that Tom Clancy book. Red Storm Rising wasnt it?

Didn't something like this happen a while back ago? I could have swore It was a hydroelectric dam or something.

[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;23513454]Didn't something like this happen a while back ago? I could have swore It was a hydroelectric dam or something.[/QUOTE] Yes but that time it blew up because of workers mistakes.

Why the fuck does someone attack a power plant? :raise: That would normally coincide with military operations :monocle:

[QUOTE=arleitiss;23514158]Yes but that time it blew up because of workers mistakes.[/QUOTE] Are you thinking of chernobyl? If so you aren't very correct there. It was nuclear not hydroelectric.

[QUOTE=bravehat;23514164]Why the fuck does someone attack a power plant? :raise: That would normally coincide with military operations :monocle:[/QUOTE] The Russian Caucases region has a muslim insurgency smilair to the Taliban etc. who want to make their own Muslim state. Actually there are small terrorist attacks just about every day.

Looks like Gyarados used Hydro pump.

[QUOTE=PaChIrA;23520429]Are you thinking of chernobyl? If so you aren't very correct there. It was nuclear not hydroelectric.[/QUOTE] No , in this case your geography is a bit mis informed. Chernobyl is in Ukraine. I am talking about another hydro plant in Russia that got blown up because of workers who didn't open channels for water to go through, so because of pressure it blew up.

[QUOTE=arleitiss;23521783]No , in this case your geography is a bit mis informed. Chernobyl is in Ukraine. I am talking about another hydro plant in Russia that got blown up because of workers who didn't open channels for water to go through, so because of pressure it blew up.[/QUOTE] I know it is in Ukraine but Ukraine was part of Soviet Union. But I never heard about that incident until now (the hydroplant one you speak of) so I am mistaken anyways.

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