Two suicide bombings on Moscow subway, 37 dead
 

http://www.news1130.com/news/world/a...d-more-than-60

MOSCOW, Russia - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 37 people and wounding 65, officials said.

Officials blamed the carnage on rebels from the Caucasus region.

The blasts come six years after Caucasus Islamic separatists carried out a pair of deadly Moscow subway strikes and raise concerns that the war has once again come to Russia's capital, amid militants' warnings of a renewed determination to push their fight.

Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing late last year on a passenger train en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Last month, Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov warned in an interview on a rebel-affiliated Web site that "the zone of military operations will be extended to the territory of Russia ... the war is coming to their cities."

The first explosion took place just before 8 a.m. at the Lubyanka station in central Moscow. The station is underneath the building that houses the main offices of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main successor agency.

About 45 minutes later, a second explosion hit the Park Kultury station, which is near the renowned Gorky Park.

"I heard a bang, turned my head and smoke was everywhere. People ran for the exits screaming," said 24-year-old Alexander Vakulov, who said he was on a train on the platform opposite the targeted train at Park Kultury.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who built much of his political capital by directing a fierce war with Chechen separatists a decade ago, vowed Monday that "terrorists will be destroyed."

The iconic Moscow subway system is one of the world's busiest, carrying around seven-million passengers on an average workday, and is a key element in running the sprawling and traffic-choked city.

Russian TV showed amateur video from inside the Lubyanka station of wounded and possibly dead victims sitting and lying on the floor. The train platform was filled with smoke.

Outside both stations, passengers flooded out, many of them crying and making frantic calls on their cellphones. The wounded were loaded into ambulances and helicopters, some with their heads wrapped in bloody bandages, as sirens wailed.

The last confirmed terrorist attack in Moscow was in August 2004, when a suicide bomber blew herself up outside a city subway station, killing 10 people. Responsibility for that blast was claimed by Chechen rebels.

Russian police have killed several Islamic militant leaders in the North Caucasus recently, including one last week in the Kabardino-Balkariya region. The killing of Anzor Astemirov was mourned by contributors to two al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites.

The killings have raised fears of retaliatory strikes by the militants.

Emergency Minister Sergei Shoigu said the toll was 37 killed and 102 injured, but he did not give a breakdown of casualties at each station.

In a televised meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, Federal Security Service head Alexander Bortnikov said body fragments of the two bombers pointed to a Caucasus connection. He did not elaborate.

Neither he nor Putin, who was on an official trip in Siberia, announced specific measures and it was not clear if Russia has new strategies to unleash in the Caucasus, where violent separatism has spread from Chechnya into neighbouring republics.

Although the Russian army battered Chechen rebels in massive assaults a decade ago, the separatists continue to move through the region's mountains and forests with comparative ease and launch frequent small attacks.

New York's transit system beefed up security as a precaution following the Moscow bombings. A spokesman for New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Kevin Ortiz, said the agency has a "heightened security presence," but declined further comment.

The agency is in charge of New York City buses and subways, as well as suburban trains, and bridges and tunnels.

The Moscow blasts practically paralyzed movement in the city centre as emergency vehicles sped to the stations.

In the Park Kultury blast, the bomber was wearing a belt packed with plastic explosive and set it off as the train's doors opened, said Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for Russia's top investigative body. The woman has not been identified, he told reporters.

America supports or has supported anyway the Caucasus region states against Russia

whats scary? is Sochi is right On top of the Caucasus region

RIP :(

sigh RIP... good luck to putin in "destroying" the terrorists

Vancouver 2014?

Seriously, as a tourist, who would wanna go to a country with this much chaos.

The rest of the world could have said the same thing about Vancouver last year amid all the gang shootings.

^^ Not really, gangs target themselves, not random civilians, although in some cases bystanders do get shot. You can not compare that to a terrorist who doesn't target a certain group or people, just the general population, so no one is safe. You're comparing apples and oranges.

naw... europe deals with more shit then that

south america... lol its like a warzone

asia? way worse

rest of north america? they dont take our crime seriously

middle east? come on...

africa? the crime here looks like shangri-la

not surprised . It was all cool for a few years with Putin , no war in Chechnia , no terracts . Now we got new president , it had to happen....Putin started just like that , with residential highrise explosions , blaming chechens , sending 18yo kids to Chechnia to fight terrorism . Eltsin started with a war in Chechnia too . Watch Medvedev saying it's goddamn chechens again . Lived there , seen that. Fockin goverment with it's games

whatever may be the case, this is an ongoing problem
the chechyna movement has been going on for years. And the movement and warzone is situated close to Sochi. So we will all see what will be the outcome. Of course, the Olympics will still happen in Sochi with staggering numbers in dollars for security. Hopefully that will stop this crap becuz they will hit when they want, they wont make threats, they just do it

RIP to all those affected. hope for the best.

HOLY FAIL!

Whats gone on between Chechnya and Russia makes our gang shootings look like child's play.

well said!
gang shootings have a target of a specific person/persons
Terroist attack is a target of place in time to cause destruction to set course on an objective

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No

suicide bombing that kills a shit load and gets global media coverage > ed hardy wearing gangstas shooting eachother over who gets to sell crack on hastings

Are people from Caucasus called Caucasusians?

damn, RIP

It reminds me of a certain level in modern warfare 2 :( RIP

In Soviet Russia, Muslims pwns Moscow!

why is it always muslims? WTF is wrong with them?

this is the mindset of someone who doesn't know anything about Russia and that area of the world but forms an opinion that they stand by wholeheartedly

Your a fucking moron what fucking chaos do you hear about??

RIP....

As much as everyone wants Russia to fail Olympics....I kinda feel sorry for them for all the crap they have to go through right now because of it....=\