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| 'Suicide bomber' hits Russia's Volgograd train station | 'Suicide bomber' hits Russia's Volgograd train station |
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| An explosion at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least 13 people, reports say. | 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 thought to be responsible for the blast, 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. | 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. | Volgograd lies about 900km (560 miles) south of Moscow, 650km north of the North Caucasus and 700km north-east of Sochi. |
| 'Act of terrorism' | |
| Sunday's explosion rocked Volgograd-1 station at around 12:45 (08:45 GMT), shattering windows and sending plumes of smoke from the station entrance. | |
| 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. | Interfax news agency quoted a source as saying the bomb was detonated near the metal detectors at the station entrance. |
| No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast, which local officials said claimed at least 18 lives and left dozens more injured. | |
| "Initial indications are that the blast was set off by a female suicide bomber," said the National Anti-Terror Committee said in a statement. | |
| The incident was being treated as an act of terrorism, said Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin. | |
| 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. | On Friday, a car bomb killed three people in the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk. |
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