‘Woman bomber on the loose in western Siberia’

A search warrant for a 43 year old alleged terrorist suspect Khanzada Guseinova was released by the Russian Anti-Extremism  Centre in Khanti-Mansi autonomous district, western Siberia. 

A picture of Guseinova with a warning that she might carry explosives about her person was spread via Russian social media and news websites. 

'The woman may have a handmade explosive on her,’ warned the regional anti-extremism centre.

She is said to be wearing a black hijab, and hitched lifts to reach the Siberian region.

The woman was previously jailed under article  222 of Russian Criminal Code, concerning Illegal purchase, possession, transfer, sale, transportation or carrying of arms, their parts and ammunition, said the centre.

A file image of a suicide belt, a police car and officer in Khanty-Mansiysk and the search warrnt. Pictures: Znak.com, Russian Anti-Extremism Centre 

The woman, born in a village of Mamedkala, Republic of Dagestan in December 1975 came to Siberia to visit a man, the warrant said. 

His identity has not been established, but it is known he was previously from Dagestan, police said. 

Guseinova is said to be wearing a black hijab, and it was feared she carried explosives, said the centre. 

It was not made clear if this was a suicide belt, the type of bomb that has been used by ‘block widows’ previously in Russia.

She is suspected to be a member of an international terrorism organisation. 

Police is asking to immediately report any sighting of the woman, and to not attempt to stop her unless as a part of a special operation.

Aerial views of Khanty-Mansiysk, Western Siberia. Pictures: Khanty-Mansiysk administration 

A number of attacks have been staged in Russia by female suicide bombers who were widows of slain ‘terrorists’ purporting to represent extremist ‘Islamic’ causes.

In mid-June, the Russian police, Federal Security Service FSB and Investigative Committee ran a major search operation across multiple private properties in Khanty-Mansi autonomous region. 

People whose houses were searched were suspected in financing terrorism, and could have potentially gathered at least eight million roubles from residents of North Caucasus, Siberian and Ural federal district. 

Current inmates jailed for terrorism could have been among the donors, police suspected.