Eight Dead in Moscow blast
I'm not going to file this story under Global Jihad until the cause of the blast is confirmed. Interestingly, this story doesn't seem to be splashed all over the front pages of Russian newspapers (yet) like it would be if this had happened in the West. MOSNEWS.com was one of the few Russian news sources that published the story.
From CNN World via Reuters:
At least 8 dead in Moscow blast
Monday, August 21, 2006; Posted: 6:19 a.m. EDT (10:19 GMT)MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — A bomb killed at least eight people and wounded about 40 at a Moscow market on Monday. Prosecutors said it was most likely linked to organised crime, though terrorism could not be ruled out.
The bomb may also have caused a nearby gas canister to explode, giving rise to earlier reports that a gas leak was to blame.
Moscow's chief prosecutor Yuri Syomin said the blast was caused by a homemade bomb of a force equivalent to up to 1.2 kg (3 lb) of TNT explosive.
"We are not excluding that it was a terrorist attack …. (but) most likely it was a business or criminal settling of scores that was behind the explosion," he told reporters at the market.
Read more at the CNN World home page.
From Kavkaz.com (where you'll almost always get the pro-jihadi viewpoint):
Moscow blast kills ten
Publication time: Today at 12:16 Djokhar timeAn explosion has killed 10 people - including at least two children - at a Moscow market, Russian officials say. At least 31 other people were injured in the blast at 1030 (0630GMT) at the eastern Cherkizovsky market. It brought down a two-storey building.
There are conflicting reports about the cause of the explosion.
According to Moscow's First Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin, a "makeshift explosive device" blew up. Earlier police blamed a faulty gas cylinder.
Latest reports from Moscow police say a bomb had been hidden in a bag and left in a cafe.
According to some witnesses, there were two explosions at the market.
"As far as I know, there was one explosion, but the way I see it, it was not an accident but a premeditated act," Mr Resin told Russia's Itar-Tass news agency.
Full story: Moscow blast kills ten.
From MOSNEWS.com:
Moscow Market Blast Possible Act of Terrorism — Russian Emergency Officials
Created: 21.08.2006 11:51 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 13:02 MSK, 5 hours 2 minutes agoA powerful blast ripped through a market in eastern Moscow on Monday morning, Russian emergency officials reported. Preliminary reports said the blast was triggered by a hand-made explosive device, although police earlier blamed the explosion on a faulty gas cylinder, the Gazeta.Ru news website reported.
The latest reports say at least ten people were killed and about 30 injured.
“The explosion occurred at around 10:30 a.m., at 2 Sirenevy Boulevard [eastern Moscow],” a police source told the RIA-Novosti news agency. “Then the fire broke out,” he added.
Fire brigades and rescuers arrived at the scene.
The Emergency Ministry said the blast occurred after a hand-made explosive device went off at the market.
Some reports said two blasts had been registered at the market, the first having occurred at 10:01, the second followed fifteen minutes later. The blasts caused the market roof to collapse, the ministry said.
