More Than 30 Dead After Moscow Metro Blasts

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Two suspected female suicide bombers have killed at least 37 people on Moscow's metro system during the height of morning rush-hour.


The first blast blew up a train carriage at the city's central Lubyanka station.

It is located underneath the offices of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's successor agency, and a mere half a kilometre from the Kremlin.

Authorities said 14 people on the train were killed, while 11 more died on the platform.

The second explosion went off some 45 minutes later at Park Kultury, which is the stop for Gorky Park, killing at least 12 people.

The city's mayor Yuri Luzhkov said information from the FSB indicated there had been two female suicide bombers.



CCTV pictures from Lubyanka station have been put online


Sky's Russia correspondent Amanda Walker said the attacks struck at the heart of the capital and at the busiest time.

"The underground is one of the deepest in the world. Actually getting access to the injured people and those affected will be an extremely difficult job," she said.

Reports said both stations were shut along with affected lines, while police were checking commuters' bags on other lines still open.

Suspicion has already fallen on Chechen rebels, who have been part of an insurgency in Russia's North Caucasus region.

Walker added if the attacks were carried out by women, that was not unusual for Russia.

"Around seven or eight years ago when there was a real spate of attacks outside the Caucasus region - a significant number of the militants involved with that were female.

"In Russia, they became known as the 'black widows'.

"The women said at the time the reason they were doing what they were doing was because of their anger at the brutal wars that took place in the 90s."

The last confirmed terrorist attack in Moscow was in August 2004, when a suicide bomber blew herself up outside a city metro station.

That attack killed 10 people and was claimed by Chechen rebels.

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[alexxxxx]

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Russia has a lot of problems with certain regions wanting to be independent so i'm not entirely surprised but it is sad that they have to resort to killing those innocent.

[kuzkasate]

I'm pretty certain it was the Chechens. They posted a video on the internet warning Russia about future attacks around a month ago. R.I.P all those that died.

[Stefy09]

did anyone else see the disappearing helicopter on the video?

[Sameer!]

Yeah I heard this on BBC Breakfast this morning... this is really upsetting.

[kuzkasate]

Its all over the Russian Channels surprisingly. A few more have died now, I read the names of the dead people. It was quite upsetting tbh.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Yet more militant islam (to think if you speak out against it you are branded as a racist) - anyway very sad and condolences to those who have died.

[kuzkasate]

russian goverment has helped quite alot. i've got russian satellite tv and the 1st channel which is like the coolest, most important one have opened helplines (well not themselves the russian goverment did.) all sorts of hotlines, hotlines just to talk to people that are stressed or depressed, hotlines to check if your family/friends are okay, to see what who went to what hospital. family's of the victims have also been given cash to help support them. putin went round to hospitals to personally check up on how the doctors are working and how the patients are.

[-:Undertaker:-]

russian goverment has helped quite alot. i've got russian satellite tv and the 1st channel which is like the coolest, most important one have opened helplines (well not themselves the russian goverment did.) all sorts of hotlines, hotlines just to talk to people that are stressed or depressed, hotlines to check if your family/friends are okay, to see what who went to what hospital. family's of the victims have also been given cash to help support them. putin went round to hospitals to personally check up on how the doctors are working and how the patients are.

Good on Russia and its government, its nice to see a government looking after its own people.
+rep for that information.

[Catzsy]

Yet more militant islam (to think if you speak out against it you are branded as a racist) - anyway very sad and condolences to those who have died.

I don't think anyone would mind you speaking out against militant terrorists, islamic or not. It is a tragedy.