Moscow Metro Explosion – Moscow Subway Bombing
At least 34 people were killed in two Moscow Metro explosions Monday morning at 0756 (0356 GMT) for the fist blast and and 45 minutes later at 0838 (0438 GMT) for the second explosion.
The first blast at the Lubyanka station killed 22 people, and 12 others were killed in the second explosion at Park Kultury. Security sources told the state Interfax news agency the blast could have been caused by a suicide bomber.
Times Online reports:
No group immediately took responsibility for the blasts but suspicion is likely to fall on Chechen militants and other groups from Russia’s North Caucasus, where Moscow is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency.
Russian emergencies ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said the first explosion happened as a metro train stopped at the Lubyanka station that was packed with peak hour commuters.
“The blast hit the second carriage of a metro train that stopped at Lubyanka,” she said. Commuters were killed both on the platform and in the carriage and at least 10 people were wounded, she said.
The second blast also took place in a train carriage while it was stationary at the platform, she added.
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