‘Black widows’ kill 38 in Moscow suicide attacks: Manhunt for bombers’ accomplices after rush-hour carnage
By Will Stewart and Sam GreenhillTwo ‘black widow’ suicide bombers were yesterday being blamed by Russian authorities for the deaths of at least 38 commuters in terror blasts on the Moscow underground.
There was carnage after the women detonated their explosive vests 40 minutes apart during morning rush hour.
Last night Russia was on full alert with a massive manhunt under way for the bombers’ accomplices amid fears of further attacks.
Vladimir Putin, the country’s Prime Minister and former President, vowed vengeance on the terrorists who also wounded 65 commuters.
Although no group immediately claimed responsibility, speculation centred on them being so-called ‘black widow’ killers avenging the deaths of fathers, brothers and husbands by Russian troops in Chechnya.
The first blast was at 7.56am local time (4.56am UK) at Lubyanka station, immediately underneath the headquarters of the KGB, now the Federal Security Bureau (FSB).
The other was at 8.36am (5.36am UK) at Park Kultury station, near Gorky Park but also close to the Interior Ministry.
In both cases, the bombs were detonated as the trains pulled into the stations and the doors were opening.
State television showed dazed, bloody passengers in the ornate metro stations as dust and smoke swirled through the tunnel.
The suspected suicide bomber killed in the Park Kultury blast was last night said to aged between 18 and 20. The other bomber was said to be ‘older’.
Police said they had been accompanied to the metro by two other women aged 25 to 30 and a male ‘ringleader’ in his 30s and with the surname Mataev.
‘They are simply beasts,’ said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after visiting the platform of the Lubyanka metro station. ‘We will find and destroy them all.’
There were unconfirmed reports that they had set off the bombs using their mobile phones.
Reports said the young girl’s facial features were sufficiently intact to assist police investigating the bombings.
One official said: ‘Only her head and legs are left – and the middle part of her body is completely destroyed. This is a definite sign that she had a shahid suicide belt on. She was a very young woman with beautiful brown hair, long and in a thick plait.’
Rescuers revealed the bombs had been filled with small fragments of metal to maximise damage.
But the carnage could have been far worse if the trains were in tunnels-rather than stations when the blasts occurred.
Analysts are warning of a potential spillover from an insurgency in neighbouring Russia’s mainly Muslim southern republics.Azerbaijan said last night it had detained eight people including a Chechen man on suspicion of planning ‘terrorist acts’ against a school in the capital of the state.
Earlier last year Russia announced that they were ending their counter terrorism operation, and were pulling their troops out of Chechnya. They had allowed Chechnya to govern under self rule with the brutal Ramzan Kadyrov running the show. This was supposed to bring in peace, but as see across the world, there will be no peace with the religion of war.
‘They are simply beasts,’
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Saying 'beasts" is better than saying animals. The name suits and no animals are denigrated by the comparison.
They are certainly lower than apes and pigs.
I consider apes and pigs civilised compared to the arselifters.
Yes, that's why I consider arselifters lower than them.
I'm not a fan of uncle Vlad, but I definitely wouldn't want to get on his bad side; especially in this manner.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/29/mosco…
"… The prime minister, Vladimir Putin, cut short a visit to Siberia and returned to Moscow to declare that the "terrorists will be destroyed". But the blasts – the most deadly attack in the Russian capital for six years – deal a serious blow to the Kremlin's efforts to pacify the Muslim republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan. …"
It remains to be seen whether Putin will initiate a 'search and destroy' mission against certain Muslim groups within the Russian territories and spheres of influence. I wouldn't want to be specifically targeted by this ex-KGB operative!!! Things may get a bit messy.
I know Putin is no friend of our country, but I do respect him, because he does not take any crap from anyone.
The intresting thing will be to see if the Russians can stop this kind of terrorists threat. BECAUSE if they can't no way will the free world do it with all it's civil liberties. This might be as important as the Wilders free speach trial. We know that our freedoms are what make it easier for terrorists to operate in the US. The race for us, is will the political correct see the threat before we are run over by a large Muslim population that wants world domination of Islam..just a thougth..elmore
It would help if the FBI could target the right group in the US –
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/fb…
Naah, that would make sense!
We have these two presidents, Obama and Putin. On one hand we have the evil clown Obama which havethe Keystone Cops to do his evil bidding. On the other hand we have Putin. You can think what you wll about him but Vlad Putin is the real deal here. He is ex-KGB and he has Spetsnaz at his command. There will be no fooling around with these chechnyan arselifters. I doubt they will even be prosecuted, not becaue they won't be able to find them but because there won't be anything left to prosecute!
As you were saying.
Putin Calls for Bombers to be ’scraped from sewers’
https://loganswarning.com/2010/03/30/putin-calls-f…
This is actually GOOD news. Muslims are increasing in Russia and the world absolutely cannot afford to have them become the majority and gain control of Russia's nuclear weapons.
The more trouble muslims cause in Russia, the better for the world. The Russians, like the Chinese, won't tolerate islam for a second once it gets out of hand. It's just us stupid Westerners who seem to think that everyone is "inherently nice". We need to change our attitudes to be like those of the Russians and the Chinese; gun muslims down when they get out of control. Allowing them to run Jihad training camps on North American soil it ludicrous.
Like these: http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/kn…
Thanks for the link!
Any time ;o)
Think Russia might finally get a clue & stop doing business with iran, who, after all, is funding the arselifters of the world? (Thanks, Robin Shadowes, for the tres apropos moniker!)
Probably not. They need the money, and as long as it is not them, they do not care who is caught in the Iranian crosshairs.
But now that it is them (because that's whom the Chechen chicks were funded by, I'm betting), shouldn't that be a wake-up call?
Only if Putin actually cares about his country more than money. He might go nuts and drop the hammer on them, or he might wait until things get worse, until he has no choice to act. He does like his relationship with the Islamic world.
A Russian recently told me, that there have been anti-Putin protests there. Because the people are sick of Islam gaining ground there.
This has been going on for awhile there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War
This has been going on for awhile there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War
A thousand years from now, some author form China or Russian will be writing about this country called United States of America and how they had this crazy idea about democracy and how for 200 years this idea advanced civilization with science, medicine, economics, freedom of speech and thought, but because of its tolerance and kindness to all people and its form of government it was taken over by the Muslim barbarins and turned into the shit hole like the rest of the middle east was at that time..just a thought..elmore
There certainly is a weakness in Demcracy, and we have done little to stop our enemies from exploiting it.
And to prove that, just look at former Byzantine and Roman provinces/cities/countries now infested with arselifters. Invariably, they're all third world shitholes.
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