| Federal troops have killed Abu-Bakr Bizimbayev, the Chechen separatist allegedly responsible for training the female suicide bombers who took part in the Dubrovka theater siege, RIA Novosti has reported. Bisimbayev was a personal bodyguard for top field commander Shamil Basayev, the agency quoted Ilya Shabalkin, a representative from the anti-terrorist headquarters in the North Caucasus, as saying. Basayev was linked to the hostage takeover of the Nord-Ost musical theater which resulted in the death of 130 people. His bodyguard chose female suicide bombers for terror attacks in Russia and Chechnya, he said. Bisimbayev was personally responsible for training the Ganiyev sisters, who took part in the theater seige in October of 2002. |