Russia: Chechen rebels claim train bombing
Chechen rebels on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week's Russian train bombing that killed at least 26 and injured scores of others, a Web site sympathetic to the militants said.
The Kavkazcenter.com site posted what it said was a statement issued on behalf of Chechen separatist leader Doku Umarov claiming that Friday's bombing of a Moscow-St. Petersburg express train was carried out on his orders.
"We declare that this operation was prepared and carried out ... pursuant to the order of the Emir of Caucasus Emirate," or Umarov, the statement said.
Umarov is thought to head a network of separatist cells across Russia's volatile and mainly Muslim North Caucasus region that are fighting to break free from Moscow's rule.
Source: AP (English)
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