Russia : At least 14 people killed in trolleybus explosion, the day after 17 died in another suicide attack at the city's railway station

Volgograd: many dead in second explosion in Russian city

• Leonid Ragozin in Moscow
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• theguardian.com, Monday 30 December 2013 03.47 EST

Several people were killed on Monday in a bombing that destroyed a packed trolleybus in Volgograd, the second attack in the city in two days. Photograph: RIA Novosti/Rex

At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus crowded with morning commuters in Volgograd, less than 24 hours after another deadly suicide attack at the main train station in the same city.
The authorities initially said 15 people were dead, but a statement from local authorities subsequently put the toll at 14. Dozens were reported injured. A one-year-old child was critically injured.
The blast ripped the trolleybus apart, leaving a disfigured carcass without the roof and walls.
It is the third bombing attack in Volgograd in three months, with most security experts linking the wave of attacks to the pledge by the Chechen jihadist leader Doku Umarov to disrupt the Olympic Games in Sochi, which start in six weeks.
The explosion occurred as the trolleybus approached a stop near an important market and the hospital, where many casualties from the train station attack were taken on Sunday. Russian investigators said the explosion was caused by a male suicide bomber.
Local news sites report that people in Volgograd, a city of more than 1 million inhabitants, are now avoiding public transport and walking to work on foot.
"For the second day, we are dying - it's a nightmare," a woman near the scene told the Reuters news agency, her voice trembling as she choked back tears. "What are we supposed to do, just walk now?"
The attacks sent waves of horror across Russia. Popular writer Sergey Minayev said on Twitter the atmosphere reminded him of 1999, when a series of bombing attacks on apartment blocs shook Moscow. "It's like someone has declared a war on us," he wrote.
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Terror in Volgograd: 'Blast very powerful, all standing nearby killed'

RT

Published on Dec 29, 2013

At least 15 have been killed and over 25 injured in a blast at a railway station in the city of Volgograd, southern Russia. The explosion took place at 12.45 local time (08:40 GMT). A female suicide bomber is suspected, says the National Anti-Terrorism Committee. The device reportedly went off just before the metal detector. Witnesses say a policeman detected a suspicious woman who blew herself up when he approached her.
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Man may have carried out Volgograd blast, earlier said to be female bomber

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Published on Dec 29, 2013

 

At least 16 people were killed in a blast at a railway station in the city of Volgograd, southern Russia. Another 37 were injured, 8 of them more critically, including a girl of 9. The child has been taken to a local hospital. A suicide bomber is suspected to have carried out the attack, says the National Anti-terrorism Committee. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/nll7q3 .....

Volgograd trolley blast: Another terror attack hits central Russia day after railway station bombing

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Published on Dec 29, 2013

A terrorist attack in the Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least 10 passengers on a trolley bus. The explosion comes a day after a suicide bombing in the city which killed 17 people and injured scores of others. READ MORE http://on.rt.com/z22bcf LIVE UPDATES http://on.rt.com/87ixo9 RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air ..... .....


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Sean Malone's "No Vans Land": How a Small Businessman Beat NYC's Public Transit Union

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Published on Aug 18, 2013

 

"When you restrict someone like Hector from running his business, when you hit him with fines and prohibitions, and you give him all these restrictions" says Sean Malone, the Creative Media Director of the Charles Koch Institute, "you're not killing some big business. What you're doing, in this case, is harming immigrant guys."

Malone sat down with Nick Gillespie of ReasonTV to discuss his new online documentary, "No Vans Land." It tells the story of Hector Ricketts, a Jamaican immigrant who settled in New York City and started a commuter van service. Ricketts' vans catered to a neglected market: healthcare workers in the outer boroughs, far from Manhattan, who were underserved by public transportation. He offered fares that were lower than city buses, while receiving no subsidies from taxpayers.
As Ricketts' business grew, he came into conflict with the city. The metropolitan transit workers union perceived his vans as a threat to their livelihood. The politically powerful union pressured the city to crack down on the entire commuter van industry, imposing restrictions and fines that made it difficult to conduct business.
With time, tenacity, and the assistance of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian law firm, Ricketts was able to take on the city bureaucracy, and win the right to stay in business.
Malone continues to make documentaries about the struggles of small entrepreneurs. His next project champions entrepreneurs in the hair braiding profession, who've created jobs in Mississippi by eliminating arbitrary barriers to enter the field.
Go to http://reason.com/reasontv/2013/08/16... for downloadable versions and subscribe to ReasonTV's YouTube Channel to receive notifications when new material goes live.
Runs about 6:50.
Produced by Todd Krainin. Camera by Amanda Winkler and Krainin.

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