‘Black widows’ tied to decade of terror in Russia

By Jim Heintz

Published January 21, 2014 7:20pm ET

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‘Black widows’ tied to decade of terror in Russia — A photo of a police leaflet seen in a Sochi hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, depicting Dzhannet Tsakhayeva, right, and Zaira Aliyeva. Russian security officials are hunting down three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will begin next month. Police leaflets seen by an Associated Press reporter at a central Sochi hotel on Tuesday contain warnings about three potential suicide bombers. The police leaflet reads: "Please remember those faces, terrorists may be among us now. If you happen to know anything about them please call 02....". (AP Photo/Natalya Vasilyeva) | Natalya Vasilyeva

MOSCOW (AP) — The search for three women suspected of planning terrorist attacks at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics has raised one of Russia’s most feared specters — the female suicide bombers known as “black widows.” For more than a decade, women have committed many of Russia’s worst terror attacks, downing airliners, blowing up subway cars and killing people going to a rock concert.

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