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| Russia Train Explosions Kill Four People | |
| 2003-09-03 | |
Two bombs exploded under a commuter train Wednesday in southern Russia, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others.
Guess we know who did this one? There were varying reports on the casualty toll. Dmitry Oliferenko, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to southern Russia, said five people were killed, while Russian Railways Minister Gennady Fadeyev said in televised comments that six died — three in the explosions and three others afterward. But regional Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Igor Mikhailov said four were killed and 33 were wounded in the explosions as the train was approaching a station in Podkumok, a small town on the outskirts of Kislovodsk, 870 miles south of Moscow. Nine of the injured were in grave condition and six others were in serious condition, Kislovodsk health care department chief Viktor Chuprikov said on NTV television. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts. Viktor Kazantsev, President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to southern Russia, told state television that police had arrested a man suspected of detonating the bombs. Russia has been rocked recently by numerous bombings and other attacks, which the government usually blames on Chechen rebels. An officer at the headquarters of the Caucasus Military District, which oversees Chechnya, said on condition he not be identified that the military had received intelligence information that the rebels were preparing a series of attacks in southern Russia. The explosion occurred just as Putin was scheduled to chair a meeting of regional governors in Rostov-on-Don, about 280 miles northwest of the site of the explosions. Putin spoke with Stavropol governor Alexander Chernogorov about the blasts, news agencies reported. Followup: From Gazeta.ru... A suspected terrorist was detained after the the explosion of the Kislovodsk-Mineralnye Vody commuter train on Tuesday. The man tried to escape from the place of the incident raising suspicions among law enforcers, the North Caucasus Directorate of the Transport Police has reported. According to the spokesman of the Interior Department, the detainee is in the Kislovodsk Central City Hospital and is unconscious. His identity is currently being ascertained. Followup: From Moscow Times... Channel One television said four students were killed by the morning explosions, and survivors told networks that many of the people on the train were college students and other young people. NTV television reported that the dead were an 18-year-old woman, two 21-year-old men and a 15-year-old boy. Many universities begin their fall semesters this month. Followup: From Gazeta.ru... The first suspects in the terrorist attack on the suburban train in the Stavropol territory (the North Caucasus) were discovered as a result of a preliminary investigation, press secretary of Russian president's special envoy to the Southern Federal District Maxim Fedorenko has reported. According to him, the car which was used by the terrorists to carry out the attack has apparently been found. | |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 "The man tried to escape from the place of the incident ...., the detainee is in the Kislovodsk Central City Hospital and is unconscious" Truncheon Alert! |
| Posted by: john 2003-9-3 9:43:10 PM |