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AUG 28, 2004
Crash the work of terrorists, Russia now says
Traces of explosive found in wreckage of one of the two planes that went down; a pro-Chechen group claims responsibility
MOSCOW - After days of deflecting a terrorism link, Russia said yesterday terrorists were behind a passenger jet crash as an Islamic group proclaiming support for separatists in Chechnya claimed it had downed that and another plane.
Investigators said they found traces of explosive in the wreckage amid speculation a woman wearing an explosive belt was on one of the planes, which crashed almost simultaneously on Tuesday with the other aircraft killing 89 people.
'According to our initial investigation, at least one of the air crashes... came as a result of a terror attack,' a spokesman for Russia's FSB intelligence service told Russian news agencies.
Mr Sergei Ignachenko announced that investigators had discovered traces of Hexogen, a powerful explosive powder more widely known as RDX, in the wreckage of one of two planes.
Reports said the explosive was of a type used in some previous terror attacks in Moscow, including apartment block bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk in 1999 that killed over 200.
Security has now been tightened in Moscow after fears the city's tall buildings could be targeted in a Sept 11-style attack.
Russia was already on high alert over a controversial election to find a leader for Chechnya to replace pro-Kremlin Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in May. Rebels claim the poll to be held tomorrow is a 'fix' which will see candidate Alu Alkhanov elected to power.
Immediately after the planes crashed, Russian officials had largely discounted terrorism and cited human or technical error, including dirty fuel, as the likely cause. Critics however contended that the government was avoiding any terrorist references, at least until after Sunday's election.
Russian newspapers, citing unnamed sources, raised questions about a female passenger with a Chechen surname on one of the planes and America's CBS network said it is believed a woman was likely to be responsible - wearing an explosive belt that could have passed through security undetected unless she was frisked. Women in Russia rarely are.
Officials say a woman with a Chechen name is the only crash victim whose body has not been claimed, CBS also said. Investigators were also said to be tracing the background of two passengers with Chechen surnames, one from each plane.
The FSB declined to comment on an Internet claim by the Islambouli Brigades that five militants had hijacked each plane and brought them down to avenge the killing of Muslims in Chechnya.
'Russia's slaughtering of Muslims is still continuing and will not end except with a bloody war,' said the Arabic-language statement, which could not be immediately verified.
The claim did not refer to Al-Qaeda, but a group called 'the Islambouli Brigades of Al-Qaeda' claimed responsibility for last month's attempt to assassinate Pakistan's prime minister-designate.
Chechnya's Islamist rebels have staged spectacular attacks in the past to press their independence drive, and threatened more attacks in the run-up to tomorrow's election.
The government had hoped the jetliners' flight data recorders would shed some light, but presidential envoy Vladimir Yakovlev said experts found the boxes in both planes had shut off abruptly without indicating trouble - a sign US aviation experts said was strong evidence of explosions. -- AFP, Reuters, AP
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Crash the work of terrorists, Russia now says
Traces of explosive found in wreckage of one of the two planes that went down; a pro-Chechen group claims responsibility
MOSCOW - After days of deflecting a terrorism link, Russia said yesterday terrorists were behind a passenger jet crash as an Islamic group proclaiming support for separatists in Chechnya claimed it had downed that and another plane.
Investigators said they found traces of explosive in the wreckage amid speculation a woman wearing an explosive belt was on one of the planes, which crashed almost simultaneously on Tuesday with the other aircraft killing 89 people.
'According to our initial investigation, at least one of the air crashes... came as a result of a terror attack,' a spokesman for Russia's FSB intelligence service told Russian news agencies.
Mr Sergei Ignachenko announced that investigators had discovered traces of Hexogen, a powerful explosive powder more widely known as RDX, in the wreckage of one of two planes.
Reports said the explosive was of a type used in some previous terror attacks in Moscow, including apartment block bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk in 1999 that killed over 200.
Security has now been tightened in Moscow after fears the city's tall buildings could be targeted in a Sept 11-style attack.
Russia was already on high alert over a controversial election to find a leader for Chechnya to replace pro-Kremlin Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in May. Rebels claim the poll to be held tomorrow is a 'fix' which will see candidate Alu Alkhanov elected to power.
Immediately after the planes crashed, Russian officials had largely discounted terrorism and cited human or technical error, including dirty fuel, as the likely cause. Critics however contended that the government was avoiding any terrorist references, at least until after Sunday's election.
Russian newspapers, citing unnamed sources, raised questions about a female passenger with a Chechen surname on one of the planes and America's CBS network said it is believed a woman was likely to be responsible - wearing an explosive belt that could have passed through security undetected unless she was frisked. Women in Russia rarely are.
Officials say a woman with a Chechen name is the only crash victim whose body has not been claimed, CBS also said. Investigators were also said to be tracing the background of two passengers with Chechen surnames, one from each plane.
The FSB declined to comment on an Internet claim by the Islambouli Brigades that five militants had hijacked each plane and brought them down to avenge the killing of Muslims in Chechnya.
'Russia's slaughtering of Muslims is still continuing and will not end except with a bloody war,' said the Arabic-language statement, which could not be immediately verified.
The claim did not refer to Al-Qaeda, but a group called 'the Islambouli Brigades of Al-Qaeda' claimed responsibility for last month's attempt to assassinate Pakistan's prime minister-designate.
Chechnya's Islamist rebels have staged spectacular attacks in the past to press their independence drive, and threatened more attacks in the run-up to tomorrow's election.
The government had hoped the jetliners' flight data recorders would shed some light, but presidential envoy Vladimir Yakovlev said experts found the boxes in both planes had shut off abruptly without indicating trouble - a sign US aviation experts said was strong evidence of explosions. -- AFP, Reuters, AP
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