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Capt. Obvious

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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 09:48 AM Jan 2014

Russia names Volgograd bombers as arrests continue

Source: BBC

Two suicide bombers who killed 34 people in the south Russian city of Volgograd have been identified as Islamist militants based in Dagestan.

Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAK) said Asker Samedov and Suleyman Magomedov were members of a group based in the town of Buynaksk.

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The bomb attacks on Volgograd's railway station and a trolleybus just before New Year shook Russia.

A massive operation was launched shortly afterwards to provide security for the Winter Olympic Games, which open in the Russian city of Sochi next week, close to the volatile North Caucasus region.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25959746

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Russia names Volgograd bombers as arrests continue (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Jan 2014 OP
I will boycott any single news site or blog who report about the Russian Olympic. Sand Wind Jan 2014 #1
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US Capt. Obvious Jan 2014 #2
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