Caucasus police helping identify Domodedovo suicide bomber
27.01.2011, 16.27
MOSCOW, January 27 (Itar-Tass) - The police departments within the North Caucasus Federal District (SKVO) received the picture of the suspected suicide bomber on the day of the terrorist attack - January 24 -- but never received an all-points bulletin on a "Wahhabi" named Razdobudko, mentioned by the mass media.
Most likely, it is the regional departments of the Federal Security Service that are conducting the identification and searching for his accomplices, police sources in Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Karachai-Cherkessia and Stavropol Territory told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
"We received the photo of the head of the suspected suicide bomber for identification several hours after the Domodedovo explosion, but never received the Razdobudko APB," a Chechen police official told Itar-Tass.
A photo composite picture of the suspected terrorist was sent to all regional police department. A Moscow police source said the terrorist's face had been badly damaged.
"The reconstructed picture shows a man with a high forehead, full lips, possibly, dark skin and dark curly hair," the source said.
Regional police have been working on it for three days, but no results have been reported yet.
Stavropol police told Tass that according to "our databases, Razdobudko is not on the list of persons involved in terrorism."
Commenting on the media reports that Razdobudko could be a member of the so-called "Nogai Jamaat," operating in Stavropol's Neftekumsk district, the police officer said "the second name is not typical for this district."
The Pyatigorsk's police department told Tass that Razdobudko had been wanted since November 2010, as relatives reported his disappearance.
His photos and description are available. "Also, he's suspected of masterminding the explosion in Pyatigorsk on August 17. There is no information on his involvement in the Domodedovo explosion, there have been no APBs on that account," the Pyatigorsk police said.
Sources at the SKFO interior department believe that it is the FSB that are trying to identify the suspected terrorist and find his accomplices.
Meanwhile, reports said Russia's Federal Security Service had asked Pakistani secret services for assistance in probing the Domodedovo airport bombing.
Russian secret services do not rule out that the terrorist who set off a powerful bomb at the Domodedovo airport on Monday, killing 35 and injuring more than 120 people, was trained in the area of the Pakistani-Afghan border, an influential newspaper News reported on Thursday quoting a high-placed source in Pakistan's Foreign Ministry.
ITAR-TASS