THE BLACK WIDOWS

The twin bomb attacks in the Moscow metro railway have once again demonstrated that no part of the world is immune to such attacks.

Although no one has claimed responsibility for the attack immediately, the Federal Security Chief, Alexander Bortnikov, was reported to have said that the circumstantial evidence points to the involvement of the Chechen militant groups. Fragments of two female bodies believed to be that of the suicide bombers have been recovered from the sites..

The Russian female suicide bombers known as the Black Widows come from the North Caucus regions. Many of the women in the Chechen region lost their husbands in the two wars against Russia. The Chechen extremists have posed a severe threat to Russia since 1994. Exploiting their anguish the rebels brainwash the women and train them to be suicide bombers.

Sometimes back the leader of the Chechen extremists Umarov had warned Russia that the blood bath would not be confined to the inlands of Chechnya. Big cities such as Russia and St.Petersburg would also have a taste of it he had added.

The Russian Special Forces had killed a prominent extremist leader in early March. It is believed that the twin attacks were carried out in retaliation.

Appearing on the Russian TV, the Russian President Medvedev said that, “We need to focus our attention on certain aspect of improving legislation aimed at preventing terrorist activities”. The president has been reported to have made several proposals to beef up security and ensure the safety of the transport systems.