Ten killed in second blast in
two days in Russian city of Volgograd: Official
MOSCOW: Ten people were killed on Monday in a blast on a
trolleybus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, a day after a deadly suicide bombing at the city's main
train station, officials said."According to initial information, 10 people were killed and 10 were
wounded" in the explosion, the spokeswoman of the local branch of the
emergencies ministry Irina Gogoleva told the Interfax news agency.Reports said that the blast was so strong that the trolleybus -- a common form
of municipal transport in Russian cities -- was completely destroyed.
Investigators have called the trolleybus blast an 'act of terror'.Russian news agencies quoted unnamed local officials as saying that the blast was likely to have been an attack.
"This is another act of terror, this time in a trolleybus," a investigative source told RIA Novosti.
Another source told the ITAR-TASS news agency that the blast could have been caused by a suicide bomber.
A suicide bomber killed 17 people Sunday in the attack on the train station of of Volgograd, heightening security fears just six weeks before the Sochi Olympic Games.
Investigators have called the trolleybus blast an 'act of terror'.Russian news agencies quoted unnamed local officials as saying that the blast was likely to have been an attack.
"This is another act of terror, this time in a trolleybus," a investigative source told RIA Novosti.
Another source told the ITAR-TASS news agency that the blast could have been caused by a suicide bomber.
A suicide bomber killed 17 people Sunday in the attack on the train station of of Volgograd, heightening security fears just six weeks before the Sochi Olympic Games.
रशियातील वोल्गोग्रॅड शहरातील
बॉम्बस्फोटात 10 मृत्युमुखी
मोस्को- रशियातील सिटी ऑफ
वोल्गोग्रॅड शहरात सोमवारी सलग दुसर्या दिवशी झालेल्या बॉम्बस्फोटात 10 जण
मृत्युमुखी पडली. रेल्वे स्थानकावर झालेल्या आत्मघाती हल्ल्यानंतर सुत्रांकडुन ही
अधिकृत बातमी देण्यात आली. बॉम्ब हल्ल्यात 10 जण मृत्युमुखी तर 10 जण बेपत्ता
असल्याचे तात्काळ दक्षता विभागाचे इरीना गोगेवेला यांनी इंटरफॅक्स न्युज एजन्सी शी
बोलताना सांगीतले. सुत्रांकडुन मिळालेल्या
माहीतीनुसार या भयावह बॉम्बहल्लयात रशियन शहरातील नागरी सुविधांना पुर्णपणे नष्ट
करुन सुविधांवर घाला घालण्याचा हेतु स्पष्ट झाला. हल्ला करण्याचा प्रयत्न झाल्याचे
अनामिक सुत्रांनी सांगितल्याचे रशियन न्युज एजंसीतर्फे सांगण्यात आले. आतंकवादाची
अजुन एक भयानक कारवाई असल्याचे आर.आय.ए ने स्पष्ट केले. ITAR-TASS या न्युज एजंसीच्या
सांगण्यानुसार आत्मघाती हल्ला करण्याचा प्रयत्न असल्याचे दिसुन येते. रविवारी
झालेल्या या आत्मघाती हल्ल्यात रेल्वे स्थानक परीसरातील 17 जण मरण पावले. सोची
आलोम्पिकच्या 6 आठवडे आधी झालेल्या हल्यामुळे सुरक्षायंत्रणेतही दहशत पसरली.
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