“Black Widows”: Chechen female suicide bombers. How does the system work? (Part 2)

Dzennet Abdurrahmanove, female suicude bomber in Moscow
metro
(Image: Salon)

Nearly 70% of all suicide attacks and bombings committed by Chechen terrorist groups have involved women, and nearly 50% of them involved women exclusively. Among the main reasons of becoming a “Black Widow”, female suicide bomber, is revenge, despair, personal matters, rarely these are religious reasons. But how do these women become “shaheed” (martyrs)? How do they commit these acts? Phenomenon of Chechen “Black Widows” requires studying the details of the whole system of functioning of the terrorist groups and preparing the suicide bombers, what is really a good business in Chechnya operating according to the detailed schemes.

“Black Widows”: Chechen female suicide bombers. The reasons (Part 1)

Dzennet Abdurrahmanova, Chechen suicide bomber
in Moscow metro, and her husband
(Image: The Wall Street Journal)

After two years of relatively calm situation with terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia and active security measures in the framework of preparation to the upcoming Winter Olympic Games-2014 hosted by Russia in Sochi, two recent blasts occurred in the city of Volgograd became a shocking reality for Russians: the threat of terrorism is still alive and strong. Some even claim it could disrupt security during Olympic Games.