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29/12/2013
A suicide bomber kills 13 at Russian train station
A suicide bomber kills 13 at Russian train station /ITAR-TASS photo/
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
An explosion ripped through a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd (Russia) on 29 December 2013, the Russian mass media reported.
According to the law enforcement bodies of Russia, the blast killed at least 13 people and injured several more.
ITAR-TASS reported quoting the Information Center of National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC), the female suicide bomber detonated her explosives.
The NAC said that the blast at the Volgograd railway station occurred at 12:45 on 29 December 2013. The female suicide bomber detonated unknown explosives, which resulted in human victims.
According to preliminary information, the explosive detonated in front of a metal detector just inside the main entrance of the train station. Currently, the law enforcement bodies are searching for bombs in the station, Interfax said.
Federal Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on terrorism and illegal turnover of explosives.
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