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Five bodies found in Russian region near Winter Olympic host city of Sochi
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/09/five-bodies-found-in-russian-region-near-winter-olympic-host-city-of-sochi/
Five bodies found in Russian region near Winter Olympic host city of Sochi
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, January 9, 2014 12:36 EST
Russia on Thursday launched a counter-terrorism operation after six bodies riddled with bullets were found in a region bordering that of Winter Olympic host city of Sochi, just weeks before the start of the Games.
Two districts in the southern Stavropol region were placed on high alert after the bodies were discovered in or close to parked cars, at least one of them apparently booby-trapped, in the rural area on Wednesday, the regional authorities said.
The Stavropol region borders the Krasnodar region where the Black Sea resort of Sochi is located.
“A counter-terrorism operation has been launched from midnight on January 9 in the Predgorny and Kirov districts of the Stavropol region,” the regional administration said in a statement.
unhappycamper comment: The AFP headline sez 'Five bodies' and the first paragraph sez 'six bodies'. Which is it?
