Two would-be women suicide
bombers killed in Chechnya
24.07.2003
KHANKALA, July 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Two young women, whom Chechen militants trained
to become suicide bombers, have been killed in Chechnya, a representative of the
provisional press centre of the Russian Interior Ministry in the Northern Caucasus
told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
Local police officers found the dead bodies of the young women in a forest, near
the village of Komsomolskoye, Gudermes District. Both had bullet wounds on them.
The examination showed that the gangsters first raped, and then killed them.
The identity of the young women has been established. Their names are Larisa Dzhabayeva
and Asama Dzhamburayeva. They were trained at a special camp for women suicide
bombers and were members of the gang headed by local wahhabi leader Umar Dzhabayev.
According to the information of the press center, Dzhabayev was killed by the
police on Wednesday, when he offered armed resistance to them. According to one
of the versions, the women were killed, because they refused to fulfill the mission
of suicide bombers. It is also probable that the gangsters suspected them of being
involved in the death of their ringleader.
One of the suspects on the murder of the two women - a 40-year-old resident of
the village of Gerzel - has been arrested already, the Interior Ministry reported.
He has already given evidence admitting his guilt.
Chechen gangsters are attaching much importance to the participation of women
suicide bombers in the staging of acts of terrorism, the representative of the
Interior Ministry press center continued. They are trained for their missions,
using psychological and psychotropic methods. "Some women realise, however, what
a horrible mission they are to fulfill, and refuse to do it. The gangsters do
not hesitate to kill them," the press center representative said.