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| Three Moscow metro bombing 'organisers' killed |
| 2010-05-14 |
| Three alleged organisers of the March suicide bombings on the Moscow metro have been killed after resisting arrest, Russian officials say. Funny, that seems to be happening a lot lately to people who mess with Mother Russia. It was not immediately clear when or where the killings happened. "What happens in Moscow, stays in Moscow!" All those involved in the bombings have now been identified, officials said. Russian leaders previously warned that the masterminds of the attacks, which killed 40 people, would be "destroyed". Two young women from Dagestan were identified as carrying out the attacks. The 29 March bombings targeted two of the Moscow metro's commuter trains. The three alleged planners died during "an attempt to detain three members of an illegal group", said the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov. "To our great regret, we were unable to detain them alive because they put up fierce armed resistance and were killed." Being Russian, he can say things like this with no fear of his lips falling off. Did the FSB recover any rounds of bullet? Mr Bortnikov said the suspects included a man who had escorted the suicide bombers to Moscow and another who had accompanied one bomber to the station. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said there had been no option but to kill the "terrorists". "Those who put up resistance have to be eliminated - you cannot show pity," the Russian leader was reported as saying at a meeting with Mr Bortnikov. The FSB head said that efforts to find other identified planners of the attacks were continuing. The suicide bombers were identified as a 17-year-old thought to be the widow of a Caucasus militants, and the 28-year-old wife of an Islamist rebel commander. A Chechen militant leader, Doku Umarov, said he ordered the bombings. Shortly after the attacks, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Russian investigators should view catching the organisers of the bombings as a "matter of honour". He said the security services, who had been widely criticised in the media, should drag them "from the bottom of the sewers". And what Vlad wants, Vlad gets. |
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| #5 I guess a little horse radish is cheaper than putting them on trial in New York. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-05-14 19:20 |
| #4 I have no doubts the "terrorists" fought to their last breath. You do NOT want to be taken alive by the FSB! They like to do such things as taking the skin off your forehead, smearing the raw skin with horseradish, and then sewing the skin back in place - all without anesthetic or antiseptic. The Russians don't have a monopoly on brutality, but they do have a significant part of it. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-05-14 18:39 |
| #3 Bravo! Round of applause. |
| Posted by: Swanimote 2010-05-14 16:18 |
| #2 "To our great regret, we were unable to detain them alive because they put up fierce armed resistance and were killed." I guess they shouldn't have thrown up their arms. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-14 16:10 |
| #1 Ahhh..."resisting arrest". Hate when that happens. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-14 15:27 |