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One of the metro bombers identified – anti-terrorist committee
Published: 02 April, 2010, 14:50
Edited: 27 April, 2010, 19:25
17 year-old suicide bomber Dzhennet Abdurakhmanova with her husband Umalat Magomedov killed in 2009 (AFP Photo / Newsteam / HO)
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The national anti-terrorist committee has confirmed the identity of one of the suicide bombers involved in the Moscow Metro bombings on Monday. The woman is reported to have been 17-year-old Djennet Abdurakhmanova.
Abdurakhmanova (Abdulayeva), allegedly a widow of Umalat Magomedov – the leader of radical Islamists in the South Russian Republic of Dagestan who was killed in December last year – carried out the second attack at Park Kultury Metro station.
"As a result of forensic and genetic analysis, as well as visual identification, we have established that the explosive device on the Park Kultury metro station was set off by Djennet Abdulayeva born in 1992 in Dagestan. At the moment, investigations are being carried out to identify the second suicide bomber," Vladimir Markin, spokesman for the Investigations Committee stated.
According to Kommersant newspaper, the other bomber could be 20-year-old Markha Ustarkhanova, also a widow of a militant from Dagestan.
Sergey Smirnov, deputy director of the Federal Security Service, said those responsible for the attacks are already known to the authorities.
''The investigation is underway. We are trying to identify those who organised the terror attacks. There were several people arrested on suspicion of plotting the bombings, " Smirnov stated. "We now can say that investigation has resulted in something concrete. ''
Meanwhile, the Federal Operation Department at the National anti-terrorist committee has assured that “as a result of investigating a range of possible leads, [they] have identified individuals responsible for organizing and carrying out the attacks.”
Two Moscow Metro stations were struck by suicide bombers on Monday morning. On Friday, the number of casualties from the attacks was 40 dead and over 90 wounded. It was the first major terrorist attack in the Russian capital in six years.
02.04.2010, 10:22
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Just find isolated people to blame- and for other things, and you are doing a great job fighting terrorism and crime. I understand the argument of the desperate person, usually isolated somehow, whether a label or true minority population of anysort. I must say that other people are just going to use it to get what they want and make the desperate more desperate. Person A was driven to crime, the crime of trespassing a dumpster. Person B used that argument to get what he wanted.
@ Sam, I agree in part: there will always be somebody who becomes a terrorist because he/she is a fanatic. However, some of the people who blow themselves up act out of desperation, and they often hesitate to pull the trigger so another person has to be nearby to send a radio signal. The Russian government is very good at brutally putting down terrorists, but they also want to minimize the conditions that drive people to desperate acts. I noticed that the plan Medvedev promoted, and I think Putin started the same toward the end of his term, was to improve the economy in the North Caucasus _as_well_as_ exterminating the killers. Using just one tool will not cure the problem - they would only be playing "whack-a-mole" by exterminating one group while another pops up in another republic. Good luck and God's help to them. It is going to take a long time to calm the Caucasus, and there will still be outsiders trying to stir up trouble in the region for years to come.
You some of you suggested to treat terroriss better, just give them "more candies" so to speak and the problem will go away... it is same sort of people those terrorists - very young, do not value their own or anybody else's life, uneducated, stupid, craving attention, and UTTERLY CONFUSED. They are beyond help, thus need to be irradicated - swiftly and efficiently. There is no alternative to terrorism. Only one solution - irradication!