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Terror on Track
Aired February 06, 2004 - 13:05 ET
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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Moscow is reeling this hour from what's being called a major terror a tack on a subway train. Thirty- nine people are dead, more than 100 hurt, after a huge explosion that some see pegged to next month's presidential election.
We get the latest now from CNN's Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty -- Jill.
JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, the latest theory that they seem to be pursuing at this point is the possibility that this was a suicide bomber. They have some tape, some reconnaissance tape, or tape that was taken at the metro stop, and it does show a man, that police say, according to Interfax news agency, does look suspicious. He looks, as they say, as if he's from the Caucuses. You can read that as Chechen. And he is carrying a type of briefcase or a suitcase, and that is what the investigators believe happened, that there was a suitcase carried aboard that subway early this morning, 8:30 in the morning, as commuters were making that way across the city, and that is the means that they used to blow up that train.
It blew up with deadly force, killing many people immediately, right there in the train, and others who were not killed immediately, but had to race out of their -- try to get out of their train. It was extremely frightening. We talked to people as they exited. And they said that they literally had to pry open doors sometimes, crawl through windows, and then make their way down through the darkened train, out to the exterior, where they could get some help.
President Putin has made a strong statement, saying that he believes also that this was terrorism, and that he is not going to negotiate with terrorists. As he put it, we don't negotiate with terrorists, we destroy them.
Finally, President Bush, from the United States, calling President Putin today, expressing his solidarity, and also, of course, his condolences to the people who have died and been injured in this explosion -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Jill Dougherty, live from Moscow, thank you
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Aired February 6, 2004 - 13:05 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Moscow is reeling this hour from what's being called a major terror a tack on a subway train. Thirty- nine people are dead, more than 100 hurt, after a huge explosion that some see pegged to next month's presidential election.
We get the latest now from CNN's Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty -- Jill.
JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, the latest theory that they seem to be pursuing at this point is the possibility that this was a suicide bomber. They have some tape, some reconnaissance tape, or tape that was taken at the metro stop, and it does show a man, that police say, according to Interfax news agency, does look suspicious. He looks, as they say, as if he's from the Caucuses. You can read that as Chechen. And he is carrying a type of briefcase or a suitcase, and that is what the investigators believe happened, that there was a suitcase carried aboard that subway early this morning, 8:30 in the morning, as commuters were making that way across the city, and that is the means that they used to blow up that train.
It blew up with deadly force, killing many people immediately, right there in the train, and others who were not killed immediately, but had to race out of their -- try to get out of their train. It was extremely frightening. We talked to people as they exited. And they said that they literally had to pry open doors sometimes, crawl through windows, and then make their way down through the darkened train, out to the exterior, where they could get some help.
President Putin has made a strong statement, saying that he believes also that this was terrorism, and that he is not going to negotiate with terrorists. As he put it, we don't negotiate with terrorists, we destroy them.
Finally, President Bush, from the United States, calling President Putin today, expressing his solidarity, and also, of course, his condolences to the people who have died and been injured in this explosion -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Jill Dougherty, live from Moscow, thank you
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