RUSSIA/FILE: Islamist militant group in North Caucasus region claims responsibility for the bombing of the Nevsky Express train

Record ID: 725813

  • Title: RUSSIA/FILE: Islamist militant group in North Caucasus region claims responsibility for the bombing of the Nevsky Express train
  • Date: 3rd December 2009
  • Summary: (UGLOVKA, NOVGOROD REGION, RUSSIA) (NOVEMBER 28, 2009) (REUTERS) DERAILED TRAIN CARRIAGE OF NEVSKY EXPRESS MANGLED CARRIAGE VARIOUS OF INVESTIGATORS NEARBY DAMAGED TRAIN CARRIAGE
  • Embargoed: 18th December 2009 12:00
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  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,War / Fighting
  • Reuters ID: LVA3AQNK3UU8NOMI0O5WM4OBFF3P
  • Story Text: Islamist militants on Wednesday (December 2) claimed responsibility for the bombing that derailed a Russian express train killing 26 people, according to the website KavkazCenter.com.
    "This operation was prepared and carried out...pursuant to the orders of the Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov," the website said, quoting a letter it said it received from Islamist rebels.
    Umarov is Russia's most wanted guerrilla leader and leads an insurgency which aims to free the mainly Muslim North Caucasus from Moscow's rule.
    Friday's attack against the luxury Nevsky Express train running between Moscow and St Petersburg was part of a campaign of sabotage against strategic economic targets, the letter added.
    "These acts of sabotage will continue for as long as those occupying the Caucasus do not stop their policy of killing ordinary Muslims," the letter added.
    Friday's bombing was the worst terror attack in Russia outside the North Caucasus in five years. It raised fears of a new wave of attacks in major Russian cities.
    The KavkazCenter website has in the past carried claims of responsibility for rebel attacks which law enforcement officials have subsequently said are not genuine.
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