Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in central Moscow's subway during the morning rush hours today killing at least 38 people and wounding 60 others. Earlier reports put the death toll as 40. Though no organisation claimed responsibility for the attacks, Chief of the Federal Security Service blamed the militant groups active in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region- Chechnya for the deadly blasts.<br/><br/>The first suspected bomber wearing an explosive belt<br/><br/>struck at the Lubyanka station under the the Federal Security Service headquarters near Kremlin, claiming 24 lives.<br/><br/>Forty minutes later, the second bomber hit a moving train at the Park Kultury station near the famous Gorky Park killing at least 12 people.<br/><br/>India today said it stands united with Russia in combating the forces of violence and terrorism. Describing the twin blasts in Moscow as most horrific act of violence the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in a letter to President Medvedev expressed India's solidarity with Russia. Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna condemned these senseless attacks.<br/><br/>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today vowed to destroy the terrorists, who were behind the blasts at two metro stations in Moscow, and is rushing to the capital after cutting short his visit to Siberia. He described the blasts a crime with horrible consequences and heinous in nature committed against peaceful citizens in Moscow.<br/><br/>Earlier at his Kremlin meeting with security chiefs, President Dmitry Medvedev declared that the line to suppress terror and combat terrorism will continue.<br/><br/>U.S. President Barack Obama today condemned the twin bomb attacks in Moscow's subway system and offered his condolences to the Russian people.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, India today said that it stands united with Russia in combating the forces of violence and terrorism. Describing the twin blasts in Moscow as most horrific act of violence the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in a letter to President Medvedev expressed India's solidarity with Russia. In a statement the Ministry of External Affairs expressed the hope that the perpetrators of these senseless attacks will be brought to justice. India also reiterated its conviction that only collective efforts by the international community can combat the scourge of terrorism that the world is facing today.
News On AIR | March 29, 2010 8:15 PM
Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least 38 people in Moscow