Authorities in Sochi searching for 'black widow' suicide bomber who may have gotten past security.

[Are_grits_groceries]

Authorities in Sochi are looking for a possible female suicide bomber who may have already gotten past security set up for next month’s Olympic Games, reports ABC News. According to the report, hotel workers said posters of a 22-year-old woman were distributed over the weekend by authorities. A similar flyer was also seen posted at Sochi’s airport.

The woman is identified as Ruzanna Ibragimova, who reportedly is the widow of a militant killed in a shootout with police last year.
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More from ABC News:

A police wanted poster published by an online Sochi news website said she had left Dagestan earlier this month and arrived in Sochi about ten days ago.
Security experts said it was troubling that she may have been able to get to Sochi despite the so-called “ring of steel” of security forces that President Vladimir Putin has said will make the Olympics safe from terrorists.

“The fact that one individual either was able to stay in the area before the ring of steel went up or get through it really raises questions about the strength of the Russia security apparatus,” said Christopher Swift, a Georgetown University professor who has studied militant groups in the North Caucasus.
http://tracking.si.com/2014/01/20/authorities-searching-female-suicide-bomber-sochi/

@nbcnightlynews:
Russian security forces may be searching for as many as 4 'black widows' sent to carry out attacks on Sochi Olympics
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/19/22360463-olympics-terror-dragnet-russia-hunts-as-many-as-four-black-widows?lite

Okay. I was worried anyway. Now I am really worried!

[elfin]

1. I forgot about her and that favorite tactic by that group

She is a really nasty piece of work. Recruiting other widows to be suicide bombers while she remains safe.

This should have been one of the first things Putin looked for many months earlier so she and her team couldn't enter the area and be in place without close surveillance.

Maybe they did and they lost her, causing this public awareness campaign.

Very scary. I kept thinking events might happen outside the venue - now see the very real possibility of happening in Sochi itself.

[riderinthestorm]

2. +100000. Their despicable track record speaks for itself

I really fear for the athletes. ..

[SoCalDem]

3. There are probably more than a handful of people waiting to unleash mayhem