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Report: Bribes Got Bomb Suspects on Planes

Russian authorities believe that two Chechen women suspected of blowing up Russian passenger jets last month got on the planes by paying bribes, media reports said. Both were detained and handed over to a police officer, who let them go, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov as saying. The women had arrived at the airport the evening of Aug. 24, accompanied by two other Chechens, Ustinov told Interfax. “Police officers spotted them, confiscated their passports and handed them over to a police captain responsible for anti-terrorism operations to examine their belongings,” he was quoted as saying in the Wednesday report. “The captain let them go without any check, and they started to try to obtain tickets in the same buildings.”Full Story