Spam Text Message Likely Blew Up Suicide Bomber In Her Moscow Apartment

When spam saves lives…

A spam text on New Year’s Eve likely blew up “black widow” in her apartment. The dead woman has not been identified, but her husband is apparently serving time in jail for being a member of a radical Islamist terror group. (Times Colonist)

Mobiledia reported, via Free Republic:

A suicide bomber planning an attack in Moscow on New Year’s Eve was killed in her apartment when her bomb was prematurely detonated by an unexpected text message.

According to Russian security sources, the text message — a remote trigger for a cell phone belt bomb — wished her a happy new year, accidentally setting off the blast. The accident may have saved hundreds of lives, these officials believe, as the woman intended to use the bomb in a suicide attack near Red Square later that night.

The woman is believed to be part of the same group that struck Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Monday, killing at least 35 people and wounding another 100. Officials haven’t directly said who they believe is behind the terrorist attacks, but anonymous sources have pointed to Islamic North Caucasus rebels, which have been in conflict with the Russian state for over a decade.

Cell phones have become a remote detonator of choice for terrorist groups the world over.

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