RUSSIAN OFFICIALS OPEN TERROR INVESTIGATION OVER TRAIN DERAILMENT BOMBING…DOZENS KILLED
CNN in Moscow has reported that Russian officials have come to a preliminary conclusion that explosives were involved in the derailment of a train that was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg. This has now prompted an investigation of terrorism under the Russian Criminal Code.
In the report CNN writes:
“The investigative committee of the Russian prosecutor’s office said Saturday police found “a crater with a depth of about 1.5 meters on the railroad bed” and traces of a bomb.
“Criminology experts have come to a preliminary conclusion that there was an explosion of an improvised explosive device equivalent to seven kilos of TNT,” Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov said. He was quoted by Interfax, the Russian news agency.
Continue reading this story at CNN HERE
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