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Russian investigators suspect that a female suicide bomber was responsible for a blast that killed at least five people on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd on Monday, the Interfax news agency has reported.Russian investigators suspect that a female suicide bomber was responsible for a blast that killed at least five people on a bus in the southern city of Volgograd on Monday, the Interfax news agency has reported.
Citing a source in the regional investigative committee office, Interfax said identity documents were found near the site and that the bomber was believed to have been the wife of an Islamist militant.Citing a source in the regional investigative committee office, Interfax said identity documents were found near the site and that the bomber was believed to have been the wife of an Islamist militant.
The explosion – which wounded 17 people, seven of whom were in grave condition – was the deadliest such attack outside Russia's volatile North Caucasus region in nearly three years. After a series of conflicting reports about the cause, the national anti-terrorism committee said it was a bomb. The explosion – which wounded 32 people, seven of whom were in grave condition – was the deadliest such attack outside Russia's volatile North Caucasus region in nearly three years. After a series of conflicting reports about the cause, the national anti-terrorism committee said it was a bomb.
"Today at 2.05pm, an unknown explosive device detonated on a passenger bus in the city of Volgograd, causing human casualties," the committee said. It did not assign blame and there was no immediate claim of responsibility."Today at 2.05pm, an unknown explosive device detonated on a passenger bus in the city of Volgograd, causing human casualties," the committee said. It did not assign blame and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Insurgents who say they are fighting to create an Islamic state in Russia's mostly Muslim North Caucasus have carried out deadly bombings inside and outside the region, made up of several provinces along Russia's southern border.Insurgents who say they are fighting to create an Islamic state in Russia's mostly Muslim North Caucasus have carried out deadly bombings inside and outside the region, made up of several provinces along Russia's southern border.
The insurgents claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 37 people at Moscow airport in January 2011, and two nearly simultaneous suicide bombings that killed 40 people on the Moscow subway in 2010.The insurgents claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 37 people at Moscow airport in January 2011, and two nearly simultaneous suicide bombings that killed 40 people on the Moscow subway in 2010.
Volgograd is a city of around one million people that lies 560 miles south-east of Moscow and a few hundred miles north of the North Caucasus and Black Sea resort city of Sochi, where Russia will host the 2014 Winter Olympics.Volgograd is a city of around one million people that lies 560 miles south-east of Moscow and a few hundred miles north of the North Caucasus and Black Sea resort city of Sochi, where Russia will host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Vladimir Putin has staked his reputation on the Games and ordered authorities to boost security in the North Caucasus, where the Islamist insurgency is rooted in two post-Soviet wars pitting Chechen separatists against the Kremlin.Vladimir Putin has staked his reputation on the Games and ordered authorities to boost security in the North Caucasus, where the Islamist insurgency is rooted in two post-Soviet wars pitting Chechen separatists against the Kremlin.
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