Volgograd suicide bomber was seriously ill - Investigations Committee
VOLGOGRAD. Nov 7 (Interfax) - Naida Asiyalova, who blew herself up in a bus in Volgograd on October 21, was seriously ill, Mikhail Muzrayev, the head of the Investigations Committee's Investigations Department for the region, told a press conference on Thursday.
"Investigators have determined that Naida Asiyalova had serious health problems. The medical documents seized by the investigators who searched the suicide bomber's residence indicate that she had problems with her kidneys, pancreas, breasts, and jaw bones," Muzrayev said.
The bus en route from Makhachkala to Moscow, in which the suicide bomber arrived in Volgograd, was stopped by the traffic police in the Novaonilayesky district of the Volgograd region. All passenger and the driver were questioned.
"The evidence given indicates that the suicide bomber got on the bus at a bus station in Makhachkala, bought a ticket to Volgograd and sat alone, occupying two seats. She did not talk to anyone during the journey, did not get off at stops, and asked the driver to stop near the Interior Ministry academy in Volgograd," Muzrayev said.
The passengers also said Asiyalova's left hand had been bandaged and she was holding something, which the investigators believe was a bomb, near her chest with her right hand.
"The fact that Asiyalova was transporting the bomb herself from Dagestan is confirmed by the inspections of the bus and a private car, where traces of the explosive substance were found," an investigator said.