Russian Train Crash Caused by Bomb
Posted on Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 01:04:13 PM EST
Tags: Russia Train Bomb (all tags)
The crash of the Russian train yesterday going from Moscow to St. Petersburg, killing at least 25 and injuring 100, was the result of a bomb.
The key suspects for investigators would be "either militants from Russia's North Caucasus region or nationalist extremists, pro-Nazi groups".
Some really vivid pictures are here. The train carried 650 people, many businesspeople, which has many speculating it was targeted for that reason, as a kind of class warfare.
"Whoever is responsible, this attack clearly seems aimed not so much at the public, but directly at the ruling class."
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In 2007, the train was the subject of another attack, suspected to have been the work of Chechen rebels.
A second bomb exploded at the site today, but there were no injuries from it.
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