Black Widow ( , '' chyornaya vdova '' ) or shahidka ( — Russian feminine gender derivation from '' shahid '' ) , is a term for Islamist Chechen female suicide bombers , willing to be a manifestation of violent jihad . They became known at the Moscow theater hostage crisis of October 2002 . The commander Shamil Basayev referred to the shahidkas as a part of force of his suicide bombers called the Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs . Basayev also stated that he himself trained at least fifty of the black widows
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Black Widow (Chechnya)