Chechen rebel leader claims responsibility for Moscow subway attacks

11:57, 1 April 2010

BEIJING. April 1. KAZINFORM Doku Umarov, a Chechen rebel leader, claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the twin suicide bombings on the Moscow subway and threatened more attacks in the Russian heartland, according to the Reuters reports Thursday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

In a video on Islamist rebel website, Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov who calls himself the "Emir of the Caucasus Emirate," said he had ordered the twin suicide bombing in Moscow to "destroy infidels."

On Monday, two female suicide bombers killed at least 39 and injured more than 60 in attacks on the Moscow's subway.

The video was posted just hours after a double bombing killed at least 12 people in Russia's North Caucasus.

Twelve people, including nine police officers, were killed in two blasts on Wednesday in the town of Kizlyar in the volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday ordered the government to strengthen security on national transport in response to recent terrorist attacks; Kazinform cites Xinhua.

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