08 November 2008, 11:14

Terror act in North Ossetia was committed by woman-native of Ingushetia, investigation asserts

The law enforcement bodies of North Ossetia have declared that, under preliminary data, the woman-suicide bomber who accomplished the terror act in Vladikavkaz on November 6 was a native of Ingushetia, aged 45.

According to the official data, persons of 11 out of 12 casualties have already been established, and only one perished woman is not identified yet, which enables the inspectors to conclude that she had some complicacy with the explosion.

The investigation of the terror act case reports that they already have the identikit of the terrorist, compiled on the basis of eyewitnesses' evidences and analysis of her remains, the RBC reports. According to the investigation, the woman blew herself up when she was entering the fixed-route taxi.

The ITAR-TASS reports, with reference to its source in the law enforcement bodies of the republic, that the eyewitnesses help to establish the person of the woman-suicide bomber, who had blown up the fixed-route taxi in Vladikavkaz. According to the source, the investigation possesses evidences of the people who saw the terrorist arriving to the square near the "Druzhba" (Friendship) movie theatre.

"According to the witnesses, she was a woman of Ingush nationality, aged 45," said the source. "She behaved aggressively and blew herself up as soon as she stepped into the taxi van."

Experts in explosives go on working with the fragments of the explosive found in the accident venue.

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