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An officer of the Interior Ministry keeps watch at the site of the Nevsky Express train derailment near the village of Uglovka, about 400 km (249 miles) northwest of Moscow, November 28, 2009. A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said on Saturday, stoking fears of an upsurge in attacks in Russia's heartland. Picture taken November 28, 2009. REUTERS

    Militants claim responsibility for Russian train attack

    Reuters, AFP
    Published: 2009/12/02 09:29:55 AM

    Islamist militants on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a bomb that derailed a Russian high-speed train killing 26 according to the website KavkazCenter.com. It’s linked to Chechen rebels.

    “This operation was prepared and executed along with other acts of sabotage, planned from the start of this year and successfully carried out against a set of strategically important sites in Russia, on the orders of Caucasus Emir Dokku Umarov,” said the statement on the website KavkazCenter.com.

    Umarov is the self-proclaimed leader of the “Caucasus Emirate,” which has sought to unite various Islamist groups in Russia’s North Caucasus and establish Islamic Sharia rule in the region.

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