Two insurgents were arrested Wednesday in Ingushetia on suspicion of bombing a passenger train traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg in August, the Interior Ministry said. If the suspects prove to be both insurgents and train bombers, it would mean militants have again begun venturing out of the North Caucasus after a lull of more than two years.| "Inspector! How do you do it?" |
Itar-Tass, citing an unidentified Ingush law enforcement official, identified the suspects as Markham Khidriyev, 30, and his brother, Maksharip, 29. FSB agents and local policemen arrested the two in the village of Ekazhevo, the official said, adding that they were also suspected of carrying out a series of robberies in central Russia. Phone calls to the spokesman for the investigators in the Prosecutor General's Office who are handling the bombing went unanswered Wednesday afternoon.
The Aug. 13 explosion derailed the train as it passed through the Novgorod region, injuring 60 people.