Female suicide bombers target Moscow Metro, 50+ dead

Story here. Did somebody say females can't be criminals and terrorists? Excerpt:

'For the first time in nearly six years, Chechnya’s Shahidka – or Black Widows – have been linked to a terror attack inside Russia.

On Monday, Russian authorities say a pair of women ignited suicide bombs inside the Russian subway. Nine hours after the morning rush-hour attacks, 37 people were listed as killed in two separate attacks.

News reports have linked the women to embattled northern Caucuses and the Shahidka movement that first sprouted there in 2000. The term is a feminine derivation of shahid, the Arabic word for “witness,” or “martyr.”

The black widows are reportedly Chechen women who have lost husbands and brothers in the fight against Russian military forces. They are generally young, often teenagers. They wear mourning clothes – dressing in black from head to toe.
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In 2004, during the last terror siege on the Russian capital, nearly all suicide bombers were black widows.

Since then, they have come to fascinate and terrify the Russian population. Monday’s bombing will revive all of those fears.'