Shahidka (-- feminine gender derivation from "shahid"), sometimes called "Black Widow", is a term for Islamist Chechen female suicide bombers, who made themselves known at the Moscow theater hostage crisis of October 2002.
Shahidka (-- feminine gender derivation from "shahid"), sometimes called "Black Widow", is a term for Islamist Chechen female suicide bombers, willing to be a martyr in the name of Islamist Jihad or holy war. They became known at the Moscow theater hostage crisis of October 2002.