This morning, the Moscow subway explosion rocked two separate subway stations with bomb explosions. A female suicide bomber exploded an explosive belt just before 8 a.m. at the Lubyanka subway station. At the Park Kultry station, on the same line, a second bomber set off her explosive belt forty minutes later. Militant separatists from Chechnya, some referred to as the “black widow bombers” are suspected. Moscow police are using military payday loans to investigate the dual explosions.
Moscow subway explosion kills dozens
Casualty reports for the Moscow subway explosion are nevertheless coming in to most news sources. 38 individuals are dead, with another 65 injured, at least 30 seriously. Moments before 8 a.m. local time, the first Moscow subway explosion happened at the Lubyanka subway station, directly below the Moscow intelligence headquarters. Several miles away and forty minutes later, the second Moscow subway explosion rocked the station.
Chechen “black widow” bombers blamed for Moscow subway explosion
Most reports from the FSB (the Russian security agency) are laying blame for the Moscow subway explosion at the feet of North Caucasus rebel groups. The Chechen North Caucasus region was an independent nation at one point. However, it is now considered a Russian federal subject. He has not taken responsibility, but Doku Umarov, the leader of an Islamic separatist group in Chechnya, did promise a “fresh campaign of terror on Russian soil”. Currently, it is suspected that all of the suicide bombers were members of the female “black widow” extreme Chechnya separatists.
Moscow subway bombings spur raised security around the world
Nearly every major city subway stations around the world, security was on high alert. On their subway system, Tokyo put extra security patrols on duty. The London metro has begun using bomb-sniffing dogs to do sweeps. New York City, already on edge because of Najibullah Zazi entered a guilty plea to planning a subway bomb attack, also had bomb-sniffing dogs and extra police patrols. There was a mass-transit disaster drill planned in Washington DC today, the extra police patrols will be kept in place. New York City is planning to send one investigator with an expense credit card to Moscow to study the Moscow subway explosion.
