BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: We begin overseas now. The Kremlin is blaming a series of deadly car bombs on Chechen rebels. Authorities have detained one suspect in connection with those attacks which claimed at least 20 lives. We get more from CNN's Steve Harrigan, who is in Moscow.</s>STEVE HARRIGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Three separate bomb attacks rocked southern Russia, not far from the breakaway region of Chechnya. At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in what a Kremlin spokesman is calling a series of terrorist attacks. The most damaging blast occurred in an outdoor market in the city of Mineralnye Vody, when a car bomb went off, killing 11. At the same time, about 10:00 in the morning, locally, another blast went off in a nearby town in a police station, leaving a dozen injured. The third explosion killed two more police officers in the region of Karachayevo-Cherkessia. Investigative teams cordoned off the explosion sites to gather evidence. So far, one man has been detained. (on camera): The border region near Chechnya, where Russia has been fighting a war for the past 17 months, has been plagued by kidnappings and explosions, as the violence continues to stretch far beyond the battlefield. The Kremlin blamed the hijacking of a Russian airliner last week, in which three people were killed, on Chechen rebels. Steve Harrigan, CNN, Moscow.
Car Bombs Claim At Least 20 Lives in Southern Russia