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Dozens Killed in Moscow Subway Explosions
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Dozens Killed in Moscow Subway Explosions
By RICHARD BOUDREAUX, JACOB GRONHOLT-PEDERSEN And WILLIAM MAULDIN
MOSCOW—Two blasts blamed on female suicide bombers ripped through packed Moscow trains during the morning rush hour Monday, killing at least 35 people, wounding dozens more and filling two stations with dense smoke as panicked commuters scrambled to escape.
The chief of Russia's Federal Security Service said the preliminary investigation indicated the attacks were carried out by rebels from the North Caucasus region, where Islamic militancy has spread in recent years from a separatist movement in Chechnya into neighboring republics.
No group claimed responsibility for the blasts, the deadliest attack on Moscow in six years.
The first explosion, a few minutes before 8 a.m. (12 a.m. ET), tore through the second carriage of a subway train as it stood with doors open at Lubyanka station, beneath the headquarters of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main successor agency. At least 23 people were killed, officials said.
"An explosion thundered. People ran, covered in blood," Valery Svirin, a commuter, told Russia's Channel One television. "When I went upstairs I saw people lying on the ground. A man was bandaging a woman. She was unconscious. There was one dead body there."
About 40 minutes later on the same subway line, another blast in the second carriage of a train waiting at the Park Kultury station, opposite Gorky Park, killed at least 12 more people.
Sergei Shoigu, the minister for emergency situations, said another 102 people were injured in the blasts.
President Dmitri Medvedev ordered security tightened and airports put on alert against what he called an attempt to destabilize the country. "We shall continue operations against terrorists without wavering and to the end," he said in televised remarks.
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I have at least a dozen of friends that live and work in Moscow, I can't reach numbers that I have :( the networks seems to be busy (I hope it's just that!) |
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| Djsketchbag |
| Omg that is terrible :( |
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| Anton |
| Was supposed to visit there in May :( Terrible. |
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| Skipper |
| I went to Moscow last year and actually passed through one of the stations hit this morning. Between this and the bombing on the Nevsky train between St Petes and Moscow (which I took when I was there) - it is weird to think how little I knew of the instability there when I visited. |
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| Xavier Moriarty |
may they rest in peace !!!
looks like chechens didnt learn their lesson. |
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| Abercrombie |
| Islamist militants are extremely difficult to deal with (if that confirmed). It will be interesting to see what approach Russia takes this time. |
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| Xavier Moriarty |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
Islamist militants are extremely difficult to deal with (if that confirmed). It will be interesting to see what approach Russia takes this time. |
im willing to bet my past dollar that georgia had something to do with this !!
what would you do about it? how would you deal with somebody who's constantly killing the innocent bystanders, women and children, in a most cowardly way possible???
nato is condemning the act, france is condemning the act.... them, them all. when georgia attacked and Russia retaliated, the whole ing world was "condemning" russia. and look now.
open your eyes people, today it happened in russia, how long do you think is it gonna take for those extremists to start detonating in our own neighborhood??? |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty
im willing to bet my past dollar that georgia had something to do with this !!
what would you do about it? how would you deal with somebody who's constantly killing the innocent bystanders, women and children, in a most cowardly way possible???
nato is condemning the act, france is condemning the act.... them, them all. when georgia attacked and Russia retaliated, the whole ing world was "condemning" russia. and look now.
open your eyes people, today it happened in russia, how long do you think is it gonna take for those extremists to start detonating in our own neighborhood??? |
things in Russia are a bit different though
the region of Chechnya has be a sore spot for way too long... the Russian pres. and the Chechen one really need to get to the bottom of this ASAP
I hope if anyone has family in Moscow and friends like I do, that everyone is OKEY! I couldn't get through any of the numbers, the circuits are down :( |
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| Xavier Moriarty |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
the Russian pres. and the Chechen one really need to get to the bottom of this ASAP |
and do what exactly????
dont be naive, dont think that you can reason with somebody who wants to push their lifestyle on you and your people. you would try and negotiate with people who took over a school and started killing little kids?? |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
Islamist militants |
really? I bet it's likely someone from Chechnya or Georgia - Russia has been ing them on the regular for years now... |
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| Xavier Moriarty |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
really? I bet it's likely someone from Chechnya or Georgia - Russia has been ing them on the regular for years now... |
what do you mean Russia is ing with them??? |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xavier Moriarty
open your eyes people, today it happened in russia, how long do you think is it gonna take for those extremists to start detonating in our own neighborhood??? |
HAHA I think I'm safe in 'Liberty Village' from Chechen rebels! |
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