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| Train blast near Chechen border kills 15 | |
| 2003-12-05 | |
| A blast on a commuter train travelling between two resort towns near Russia’s volatile region of Chechnya killed at least 15 people, Interfax news agency quoted the local emergencies ministry as saying. It said local officials had pulled the corpses from a train wagon, which had been thrown onto its side by the force of the blast. This is early reporting so it could be just an accident, but given the love al-Qaeda has of launching global attacks in cycles I wouldn’t put this past their Chechen brigade to pull something like this off. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 Update: Death toll now stands at 40, with 170 injured. Typical BEEB headline: Russian 'suicide' blast kills 40. Other new information under the photo caption: "Investigators found unexploded grenades in the train". Also, "Investigators said a bomb appeared to have been left under a seat and a railway official quoted them as saying it had had the explosive force of 30 kilos (66 pounds) of TNT." Now they're saying it's an attempt to 'destabilize the country prior to the upcoming elections'. Still sounds like the same old terrorist schtick to me. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-12-5 12:43:46 PM |
| #2 From the Beeb Thirty-two people are reported dead, and dozens injured, in an explosion on a commuter train in southern Russia. The blast derailed the train as people travelled to work between the towns of Mineralnye Vody and Kislovodsk, near the troubled region of Chechnya. Interior ministry officials said the blast was caused by a suicide bomber, but the FSB internal security agency is cautious about that claim. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-12-5 4:19:18 AM |
| #1 Better check to see who had those Noreweigan passports. |
| Posted by: B 2003-12-5 3:40:48 AM |