29/03/2010 12:07
Female homicide bombers slammed Moscow's subway system
Two explosions blamed on female homicide bombers slammed Moscow's subway system Monday morning as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 25, officials said, the Fox.News.com reports.
Emergency Ministry spokeswoman Veronika Smolskaya said 22 people were killed in the first blast, 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, the source informs.
Moscow city prosecutor Yuri Syomin, speaking to reporters at the Lubyanka site, said the blast there was a suicide bombing. Russia's top investigative body said terrorism was suspected, the Fox.News.com says.
The last confirmed terrorist attack in Moscow was in August 2004, when a homicide bomber blew herself up outside a city subway station, killing 10 people, recalls the site.