A female suicide bomber killed 16 people and injured dozens more at the main entrance of a railway station in Russia
The bomber - named as 26-year-old Oksana Aslanova - detonated her explosives in front of a metal detector as passengers made their way to and from trains
Oksana Aslanova, who had twice
married separatist Muslim gang leaders from the troubled Caucasus
region, sources said.
Oksana Aslanova had been on Russia’s wanted list for 18 months before the attack which used 16lb of TNT, the deadliest in Russia for three years.
The bomb was the equivalent to at least 10kg of TNT, said to Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin, and was stuffed with metal shrapnel.
No one has yet taken responsibility for the attack
CCTV footage capture the blast at Volgograd train station in Russia
TV footage showed a massive orange
fireball filling the hall and corridors of the imposing Stalinist
building, with smoke and dust billowing out through shattered windows.
Witness Alexander Koblyakov said: ‘People were lying on the ground, screaming and asking for help. I helped carry out a police officer whose head and face were covered in blood. He couldn’t speak.’
A victim lies in front of the station entrance as officials survey the damage
Russian firefighters and security personnel inspect the damage at a train station following a suicide attack in the Volga River city of Volgograd, about 900 kms (560 miles) southeast of Moscow, on December 29, 2013
Oksana Aslanova had been on Russia’s wanted list for 18 months before the attack which used 16lb of TNT, the deadliest in Russia for three years.
The bomb was the equivalent to at least 10kg of TNT, said to Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin, and was stuffed with metal shrapnel.
No one has yet taken responsibility for the attack
CCTV footage capture the blast at Volgograd train station in Russia
Witness Alexander Koblyakov said: ‘People were lying on the ground, screaming and asking for help. I helped carry out a police officer whose head and face were covered in blood. He couldn’t speak.’
A victim lies in front of the station entrance as officials survey the damage
Russian firefighters and security personnel inspect the damage at a train station following a suicide attack in the Volga River city of Volgograd, about 900 kms (560 miles) southeast of Moscow, on December 29, 2013
Debris is scattered across the steps of the station after a blast which killed 16 people
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