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MOSCOW Russian security services may be looking for as many as four black widows dispatched to carry out terrorist attacks related to the Winter Olympics, including at least one woman believed to be in or near the Olympic city of Sochi, U.S. and Russian sources told NBC News on Monday.
Wanted posters distributed in Sochi, where the games open Feb. 7, describe at least one suspected terrorist Ruzana Ibragimova, also known as Salima, the 22-year-old widow of an Islamic militant killed by Russian security forces last year.
The notices describe her as having a limp in her right leg, a left arm that does not bend at the elbow and a 4-inch scar on her cheek.
The notices say that Russian security officials have been informed of her possible departure from Dagestan, a Russian republic in the restive Caucasus area, earlier this month, and that she may be used for an attack inside the Olympic zone.
Militant groups in the Caucasus are known to use black widows, female terrorists so called because some seek to avenge the deaths of their husbands. They considered by security experts to be harder to pick out in a crowd because they do not fit the stereotype of an Islamic militant and because they can easily alter their appearance with clothing and makeup.
The disclosure Monday added to terror fears as the games approach. On Sunday, a video surfaced in which two men from an Islamist militant group threatened to attack the Olympics, warning that a surprise is in store for President Vladimir Putin and tourists attending the games.
The men claim responsibility in the video for two suicide bombings last month in the Russian city of Volgograd that killed 34 people. The Olympic torch passed through Volgograd on Monday on its way to Sochi, where the games open Feb. 7.
That which we will do, that which we have done, is only a little example, a little step, one the men, from the Islamist organization Anars Al Sunna, says in the hour-long video, released Sunday.
Well have a surprise package for you, one of them says, addressing Russian officials. And those tourists that will come to you, for them, too, we have a surprise.
With less than three weeks to go before the opening ceremony, security in Sochi is already tighter than at most airports, and Putin has vowed to take every step necessary to protect the Olympics.
The video surfaced Sunday as American officials expressed frustration at what they called a lack of cooperation from Russian security officials.
Theyve now moved 30,000 armed troops to the region. That tells you their level of concern is great, Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on the CNN program State of the Union.
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Olympics terror dragnet: Russia hunts as many as four 'black widows'
MOSCOW Russian security services may be looking for as many as four black widows dispatched to carry out terrorist attacks related to the Winter Olympics, including at least one woman believed to be in or near the Olympic city of Sochi, U.S. and Russian sources told NBC News on Monday.
Wanted posters distributed in Sochi, where the games open Feb. 7, describe at least one suspected terrorist Ruzana Ibragimova, also known as Salima, the 22-year-old widow of an Islamic militant killed by Russian security forces last year.
The notices describe her as having a limp in her right leg, a left arm that does not bend at the elbow and a 4-inch scar on her cheek.
The notices say that Russian security officials have been informed of her possible departure from Dagestan, a Russian republic in the restive Caucasus area, earlier this month, and that she may be used for an attack inside the Olympic zone.
Militant groups in the Caucasus are known to use black widows, female terrorists so called because some seek to avenge the deaths of their husbands. They considered by security experts to be harder to pick out in a crowd because they do not fit the stereotype of an Islamic militant and because they can easily alter their appearance with clothing and makeup.
The disclosure Monday added to terror fears as the games approach. On Sunday, a video surfaced in which two men from an Islamist militant group threatened to attack the Olympics, warning that a surprise is in store for President Vladimir Putin and tourists attending the games.
The men claim responsibility in the video for two suicide bombings last month in the Russian city of Volgograd that killed 34 people. The Olympic torch passed through Volgograd on Monday on its way to Sochi, where the games open Feb. 7.
That which we will do, that which we have done, is only a little example, a little step, one the men, from the Islamist organization Anars Al Sunna, says in the hour-long video, released Sunday.
Well have a surprise package for you, one of them says, addressing Russian officials. And those tourists that will come to you, for them, too, we have a surprise.
With less than three weeks to go before the opening ceremony, security in Sochi is already tighter than at most airports, and Putin has vowed to take every step necessary to protect the Olympics.
The video surfaced Sunday as American officials expressed frustration at what they called a lack of cooperation from Russian security officials.
Theyve now moved 30,000 armed troops to the region. That tells you their level of concern is great, Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on the CNN program State of the Union.
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