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NAZRAN, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - A major terrorist attack was prevented Monday in Ingushetia, a Russian constituent republic in the North Caucasus, a spokesman for the Ingush Interior Ministry said.
"An explosive device weighing some 20 kilograms was found on the Kavkaz federal highway near [the Ingush capital of] Nazran," he said.
I haven't seen any additional info.

I'm not surprised.
I never HEARD of this place.
I thought I knew almost everywhere.
....a "consitutent republic"? What is that?

I did a quick search. Sounds like the Chechens don't think the Ingush are sufficiently radical Muslims.

"ISLAM IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS: A PEOPLE DIVIDED. Religion In the North Caucasus. Inghushetia

The small Republic of Ingushetia covers an area of 3600 square kilometers. It has a native population of 300,000 and about as many Chechen refugees. In ethnic and linguist terms, the Ingush are very close to their Chechen neighbors. Their religious cultures, however, are different since the Ingush were converted to Islam later and embraced it with less intensity. Moreover, there has been no tradition of militant Islam in Inghushetia, a factor which has had a major and positive impact on their relations with Russians.

Like most of the Chechens, the Ingush people are Muslim-Suniits. Currently Ingushetia is experiencing a revival of religiosity and boasts a total of over 400 mosques"