Vladmir Markin, a spokesman for the country’s federal investigation agency, told the state-run news agency RIA Novosti that while no one claimed responsibility for the attacks, the agency is treating both as terrorist acts.
The attacks and activism among the separatist groups, who view hosting the Olympics as a provocation, have put safety to the forefront.
“If you are a terrorist group in the Caucasus, the Sochi Olympics are going to be a very inviting target,” Steven Pifer, director of the Brookings Institution’s Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, told USA Today. “I think you’re going to see at the Sochi Olympics a very heavy security presence.”
Markin said that security controls prevented greater losses at the train station, which was crowded with people.
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