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'Suicide bomber' hits Russia's Volgograd train station | |
(35 minutes later) | |
An explosion at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least 13 people, reports say. | |
A female suicide bomber was responsible for the blast, which injured 50 people, Russia's anti-terrorism committee said. | |
A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least six people when she attacked a bus in the city in October. | A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least six people when she attacked a bus in the city in October. |
Moscow is concerned militant groups could be ramping up violence in the run up to the the 2014 winter Olympic Games in the city of Sochi in six weeks. | |
An Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus region has led to many attacks there in recent years. Insurgents have also attacked big Russian towns. | An Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus region has led to many attacks there in recent years. Insurgents have also attacked big Russian towns. |
Volgograd lies about 900km (560 miles) south of Moscow, 650km north of the North Caucasus and 700km north-east of Sochi. | |
No group has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday's explosion, which local officials said claimed at least 18 lives. | |
It rocked Volgograd station at around 12:45 (08:45 GMT). Ambulances rushed the injured to hospital, while footage from of the station's entrance showed bodies laid out beside ambulances, with debris and shattered glass strewn on the station steps. | |
Interfax news agency quoted a source as saying the bomb was detonated near the metal detectors at the station entrance. | |
In July, Chechen insurgent leader Doku Umarov posted an online video urging militants to use "maximum force" to prevent the Games from going ahead. | In July, Chechen insurgent leader Doku Umarov posted an online video urging militants to use "maximum force" to prevent the Games from going ahead. |
On Friday, a car bomb killed three people in the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk. |