Russian Task Force to Probe Bombings Near Synagogues
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MOSCOW — Russia formed an elite task force Sunday to investigate bomb blasts near two Moscow synagogues and hinted that it suspected neo-Nazi activists.
Interior Minister Sergei V. Stepashin said it wasn’t clear that the synagogues were the targets of the bombings, however, noting that both blasts occurred near police medical facilities, the Interfax news agency reported. No one claimed responsibility for either explosion, the Federal Security Service said.
Stepashin specifically named an ultranationalist group, Russian National Unity, suggesting that it might be under suspicion.
He said the blasts would be investigated by a team drawn from the federal prosecutor’s office, the Interior Ministry and the Federal Security Service, the main successor to the Soviet KGB.
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