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Moscow Beefs Up Security Following Twin Suicide Bombings
Aired July 06, 2003 - 18:13 ET
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KELLI ARENA, CNN ANCHOR: Moscow is beefing up security after yesterday's suicide attacks outside a stadium near the city. Two female suicide bombers set off blasts that killed 15 people at a rock concert. The bombers also died. CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty has the details.
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JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF (voice over): A blackened sidewalk, red carnations. The traditional flower for Russian funerals. Still in shock, families and friends of the young people killed by two suicide bombers console each other.
Alexander, a musician, can hardly speak.
"My friend and I wanted to go to the concert, but decided just to take a walk here," he says. "I heard the explosion and turned around. I don't know how to say it. My friend was right here."
"We remember you" a final farewell from other young people who were inside the concert as the suicide bombers detonated their bombs outside the gates.
"It's a good thing they didn't let them in," Olga says, "because if they had, I don't know what would have happened to us. I was standing awfully close to here."
The horror of the explosion still has not subsided for this teacher, on her way to the market a stone's throw from the explosion.
"We saw bodies all around this area," she says. "The body of a girl was lying right over there. Young kids were near her. Wounded, cut, in shock."
Throughout the Russian capital, people say they feel more vulnerable and wonder whether the government can really protect them.
DOUGHERTY (on camera): Terrorism has struck Moscow before, but this is the first case of a suicide bombing in the capital. Several Russians we spoke with said the government's political approach in Chechnya simply isn't working. And it's time to get tough on terrorism.
"You have to deal with it more seriously," this couple says, "the way the Americans are dealing with Iraq." Police vowed they'll increase security throughout the capital, especially in place where's large crowds gather. They're asking citizens for patience. But some, like Alexander, feel they've already lost too much.
Jill Dougherty, CNN, Moscow.
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Aired July 6, 2003 - 18:13 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KELLI ARENA, CNN ANCHOR: Moscow is beefing up security after yesterday's suicide attacks outside a stadium near the city. Two female suicide bombers set off blasts that killed 15 people at a rock concert. The bombers also died. CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty has the details.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF (voice over): A blackened sidewalk, red carnations. The traditional flower for Russian funerals. Still in shock, families and friends of the young people killed by two suicide bombers console each other.
Alexander, a musician, can hardly speak.
"My friend and I wanted to go to the concert, but decided just to take a walk here," he says. "I heard the explosion and turned around. I don't know how to say it. My friend was right here."
"We remember you" a final farewell from other young people who were inside the concert as the suicide bombers detonated their bombs outside the gates.
"It's a good thing they didn't let them in," Olga says, "because if they had, I don't know what would have happened to us. I was standing awfully close to here."
The horror of the explosion still has not subsided for this teacher, on her way to the market a stone's throw from the explosion.
"We saw bodies all around this area," she says. "The body of a girl was lying right over there. Young kids were near her. Wounded, cut, in shock."
Throughout the Russian capital, people say they feel more vulnerable and wonder whether the government can really protect them.
DOUGHERTY (on camera): Terrorism has struck Moscow before, but this is the first case of a suicide bombing in the capital. Several Russians we spoke with said the government's political approach in Chechnya simply isn't working. And it's time to get tough on terrorism.
"You have to deal with it more seriously," this couple says, "the way the Americans are dealing with Iraq." Police vowed they'll increase security throughout the capital, especially in place where's large crowds gather. They're asking citizens for patience. But some, like Alexander, feel they've already lost too much.
Jill Dougherty, CNN, Moscow.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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