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Russia mourns Metro bombs victims | Russia mourns Metro bombs victims |
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Russians are observing a day of mourning for 39 people killed in twin suicide bombings on the Moscow Metro. | |
People have been lighting candles and laying flowers in memory of the victims of Monday's rush-hour attacks. | |
President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered increased security and suggested anti-terrorism laws could be reformed. | |
Police are said to be seeking three people seen with the bombers, and officials have blamed Muslim militants from the North Caucasus for the attack. | |
No group said it had carried out the bombings, but previous attacks in the capital have been carried out by - or blamed on - militants from Chechnya. | |
The main lesson that ordinary Russians should draw from this tragedy is that the authorities and the people exist separately from each other Vadim Rechkalov Moskvosky Komsomolets newspaper class="" href="/2/hi/europe/8594375.stm">Commentators lash Kremlin | |
The US has vowed to help bring the perpetrators to justice. | |
Amid widespread media criticism of the security services, Mr Medvedev said he would be looking into the "efficient operation of various bodies which are tasked with investigating crimes of this kind". | |
Two suspected female suicide bombers detonated bombs packed with pieces of metal at two separate stations on the same line during rush hour on Monday morning. | Two suspected female suicide bombers detonated bombs packed with pieces of metal at two separate stations on the same line during rush hour on Monday morning. |
The affected Metro line had resumed service by Monday evening and passengers were using the trains, although some were clearly still shaken by the day's events. | |
"It's really terrifying," Vasily Vlastinin, 16, told the Associated Press news agency. | "It's really terrifying," Vasily Vlastinin, 16, told the Associated Press news agency. |
"It's become dangerous to ride the Metro but I'll keep taking the Metro. You have to get to school, to college, to work somehow." | "It's become dangerous to ride the Metro but I'll keep taking the Metro. You have to get to school, to college, to work somehow." |
Remembrance | Remembrance |
Lighted candles and flowers have been left in memory of the victims of the blast inside the Lubyanka station, where at least 23 people died, and the Park Kultury station, where the second explosion killed at least 12 people. | |
ANALYSIS Richard GalpinBBC News, Moscow Millions of commuters are running the gauntlet on board the Moscow Metro fully aware of what happened 24 hours ago. They are doing so on what is an official day of mourning in memory of those killed and injured on Monday. | ANALYSIS Richard GalpinBBC News, Moscow Millions of commuters are running the gauntlet on board the Moscow Metro fully aware of what happened 24 hours ago. They are doing so on what is an official day of mourning in memory of those killed and injured on Monday. |
Although security has now been stepped up on the Metro and, for example, at airports, the big concern is that what happened on Monday was just the start of a new wave of attacks by rebels from the North Caucasus region. | Although security has now been stepped up on the Metro and, for example, at airports, the big concern is that what happened on Monday was just the start of a new wave of attacks by rebels from the North Caucasus region. |
The self-proclaimed leader of the militants has pledged to bring the war to mainland Russia. The question is whether the security forces can now gather sufficient intelligence to prevent any further attacks. | The self-proclaimed leader of the militants has pledged to bring the war to mainland Russia. The question is whether the security forces can now gather sufficient intelligence to prevent any further attacks. |
Another four people died in hospital, and officials have warned that the death toll could rise. | Another four people died in hospital, and officials have warned that the death toll could rise. |
The main television channels have changed their schedules, dropping advertising and entertainment programmes. | The main television channels have changed their schedules, dropping advertising and entertainment programmes. |
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, visiting the injured at a hospital in Moscow, said law enforcement agencies would "do everything to find and punish the criminals". | Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, visiting the injured at a hospital in Moscow, said law enforcement agencies would "do everything to find and punish the criminals". |
Mr Medvedev laid a wreath at the scene of one of the attacks on Monday. He called the plotters "beasts", adding: "We will find and destroy them all." | Mr Medvedev laid a wreath at the scene of one of the attacks on Monday. He called the plotters "beasts", adding: "We will find and destroy them all." |
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Interfax news agency that militants operating on the Afghan-Pakistan border may have helped organise the Moscow attacks. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Interfax news agency that militants operating on the Afghan-Pakistan border may have helped organise the Moscow attacks. |
"We all know very well that clandestine terrorists are very active on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan," he was quoted as saying. | "We all know very well that clandestine terrorists are very active on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan," he was quoted as saying. |
"We know that several attacks have been prepared there, to be carried out not only in Afghanistan, but also in other countries. Sometimes, these journeys go as far as the (Russian) Caucasus." | "We know that several attacks have been prepared there, to be carried out not only in Afghanistan, but also in other countries. Sometimes, these journeys go as far as the (Russian) Caucasus." |
Russia's leaders paid respects to Metro victims | Russia's leaders paid respects to Metro victims |
US President Barack Obama pledged that Washington would "help bring to justice those who undertook this attack" while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called terrorism a "common enemy". | US President Barack Obama pledged that Washington would "help bring to justice those who undertook this attack" while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called terrorism a "common enemy". |
Other foreign ministers from the G8 group of leading industrial nations also condemned the attacks at the start of talks on global security in Ottawa, Canada. | Other foreign ministers from the G8 group of leading industrial nations also condemned the attacks at the start of talks on global security in Ottawa, Canada. |
Finger of blame | Finger of blame |
Police are looking for two women who accompanied the bombers as well as a possible male accomplice, after identifying them and the bombers through surveillance footage, security sources were quoted as saying by Russian media. | Police are looking for two women who accompanied the bombers as well as a possible male accomplice, after identifying them and the bombers through surveillance footage, security sources were quoted as saying by Russian media. |
MOSCOW METRO ATTACKS March 2010: Two suicide bombers blow themselves up at Lubyanka station and Park Kultury station, killing 38 peopleAugust 2004: Suicide bomber blows herself up outside Rizhskaya station, killing 10February 2004: Suicide bombing on Zamoskvoretskaya line, linking main airports, kills 40August 2000: Bomb in pedestrian tunnel leading to Tverskaya station kills 13February 2000: Blast injures 20 inside Belorusskaya stationJanuary 1998: Three injured by blast at Tretyakovskaya stationJune 1996: Bomb on the Serpukhovskaya line kills four Russia unprepared for carnage In pictures: Aftermath of attacks Profile: Moscow Metro A Chechen link to bombs? | MOSCOW METRO ATTACKS March 2010: Two suicide bombers blow themselves up at Lubyanka station and Park Kultury station, killing 38 peopleAugust 2004: Suicide bomber blows herself up outside Rizhskaya station, killing 10February 2004: Suicide bombing on Zamoskvoretskaya line, linking main airports, kills 40August 2000: Bomb in pedestrian tunnel leading to Tverskaya station kills 13February 2000: Blast injures 20 inside Belorusskaya stationJanuary 1998: Three injured by blast at Tretyakovskaya stationJune 1996: Bomb on the Serpukhovskaya line kills four Russia unprepared for carnage In pictures: Aftermath of attacks Profile: Moscow Metro A Chechen link to bombs? |
The head of Russia's intelligence service, the Federal Security Service (FSB), said investigators believed the attacks had been carried out by "terrorist groups related to the North Caucasus". | The head of Russia's intelligence service, the Federal Security Service (FSB), said investigators believed the attacks had been carried out by "terrorist groups related to the North Caucasus". |
"Fragments of the bodies of two female suicide bombers were found earlier at the scene of the incident and examinations show that these individuals came from the North Caucasus region," Alexander Bortnikov said. | "Fragments of the bodies of two female suicide bombers were found earlier at the scene of the incident and examinations show that these individuals came from the North Caucasus region," Alexander Bortnikov said. |
The co-ordinated attacks were the deadliest in Moscow since February 2004, when 40 people were killed by a bomb on a packed metro train as it approached the Paveletskaya station. | The co-ordinated attacks were the deadliest in Moscow since February 2004, when 40 people were killed by a bomb on a packed metro train as it approached the Paveletskaya station. |
Six months later, a suicide bomber blew herself up outside another station, killing 10 people. Both attacks were blamed on rebels from Chechnya. | Six months later, a suicide bomber blew herself up outside another station, killing 10 people. Both attacks were blamed on rebels from Chechnya. |
Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility for that attack and vowed last month to take the war to Russian cities. | Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility for that attack and vowed last month to take the war to Russian cities. |
Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov condemned the attacks in Moscow, saying he would assist the Kremlin in hunting down the culprits. | Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov condemned the attacks in Moscow, saying he would assist the Kremlin in hunting down the culprits. |
More than 100,000 people have been killed in 15 years of conflict in Chechnya, and low-level insurgencies continue there and in the neighbouring republics of Ingushetia and Dagestan. | More than 100,000 people have been killed in 15 years of conflict in Chechnya, and low-level insurgencies continue there and in the neighbouring republics of Ingushetia and Dagestan. |
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