US, Russian forces hunt 'jihadist white widow' feared inside Olympic zone

US, Russian forces hunt 'jihadist white widow' feared inside Olympic zone

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• January 21, 2014 6:27AM

 

 

 

Ruzanna Ibragimova, the "white widow" of a dead terrorist, has reportedly travelled to Sochi where US counterterrorism agents are helping to locate her. Source: Supplied

AMERICAN counterterrorism operatives have joined Russian security agents in the hunt for a 'jihadist white widow', with fears she may be inside the security zone set up for next month's winter Olympics.

Ruzanna Ibragimova, the 22-year-old widow of a terrorist killed during the Moscow theater attack, is believed to have travelled from Dagestan to Sochi on or around January 11.
"According to our information Ms Ibragimova may be used by the ringleaders of illegal armed groups for the organisation of terrorist acts in the zone of the 2014 Olympics," a bulletin from U.S. security forces, obtained by FoxNews.com, states.
"The notice is the first sign that terrorists may have managed to penetrate the security cordon."
U.S. forces are working with their Russian counterparts inside the massive, 2,400km security zone set up to prevent attacks during the Sochi games.

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Ibragimova was recently spotted on the street outside the foreign ministry near Sochi, according to sources.
"Russia has deployed 40,000 police and security personnel in a "ring of steel" around Sochi to deter attacks by Islamist militants from the nearby North Caucasus republics," the U.S. bulletin states.
U.S. and international experts have become increasingly concerned about security in the zone, in light of recent attacks and a call from Doku Umarov, the jihadist leader who has been described as Russia’s Bin Laden, for attacks and to stop Russia from hosting the games.
The news comes after a video was posted online by a group identifying itself as Vilayat Dagestan by two men claiming responsibility for recent suicide bombings of a train station and bus that killed 34 people in Volgograd.
In the video, the men warn that other suicide attacks will follow.
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