Police in Moscow Foil Car Bombing
From Associated Press
MOSCOW —
Police stopped a man driving a car wired with land mines and explosives in downtown Moscow early Saturday, Russian security officials said.
The man, detained about 1 a.m., told police he had been paid $1,000 to park two cars loaded with explosives along a Moscow street frequently used by top government officials, the duty officer at the Federal Security Service said.
The officer said the man later suffered a heart attack and died while in police custody, but he refused to elaborate.
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