Moscow bomber was 20-yr-old from Caucasus
MOSCOW: The suicide bomber who killed 35 people and wounded 180 at Moscow's largest airport was a 20-yearold man from the volatile southern Caucasus region, Russian investigators said on Saturday. Breaking a five-day silence over the probe, federal investigators also said foreigners were deliberately targeted , marking an ominous new tactic in Russia's losing battle with extremism.
Islamist rebels from the Caucacus, a group of mountainous Russian provinces that are beset with an entrenched separatist insurgency , have been widely suspected in the attack at Domodedovo airport. Saturday's statement from federal investigators confirmed a suicide blast involving a bomb containing shrapnel. While authorities say they know the identity of the perpetrator , they suggested they still don't know who masterminded the attacks.
"Despite the fact that we know the name of the terrorist , we won't name him today ... since investigative searches are ongoing to identify and detain the organizers and accomplices of the terrorist act,'' the statement said. "According to the investigation, the terrorist act was aim first and foremost at foreign citizens,'' the statement added.
Islamist rebels from the Caucacus, a group of mountainous Russian provinces that are beset with an entrenched separatist insurgency , have been widely suspected in the attack at Domodedovo airport. Saturday's statement from federal investigators confirmed a suicide blast involving a bomb containing shrapnel. While authorities say they know the identity of the perpetrator , they suggested they still don't know who masterminded the attacks.
"Despite the fact that we know the name of the terrorist , we won't name him today ... since investigative searches are ongoing to identify and detain the organizers and accomplices of the terrorist act,'' the statement said. "According to the investigation, the terrorist act was aim first and foremost at foreign citizens,'' the statement added.
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