Suppressing Terror
Russian emergency workers carry a victim's body out of the Lubyanka metro station. At a meeting with senior officials, President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to uphold the "policy of suppressing terror and the fight against terrorism. We will continue operations against terrorists without compromises and to the end," he said.
Culture Clash
Ambulances are parked near one of the entrances to the Park Kultury (Park of Culture) subway station. Better known as the Metro, Moscow's subway system is one of the world's most extensive and well-managed, carrying as many as 10 million people a day.
Drawing the Line
Police stand next to a map of the Moscow metro transport system. 24 people died in the first blast at around 8.00am local time as a train stood at the central Lubyanka station, beneath the offices of the FSB (Federal Security Services) intelligence agency. Roughly 40 minutes later, a second explosion ripped through a train at Park Kultury, leaving another 13 dead. Officials suspect that the first attack was intended as a message to the security services, which have led the crackdown on Islamic extremism in Chechnya and other parts of the Caucasus region in southern Russia.
On the Move
Russian riot police run near the Lubyanka metro station in Moscow on March 29, 2010 after two explosions during the early morning rush hour in metro stations killed dozens of people. Russian intelligence said it was likely a group from the North Caucasus was responsible and that two women carried out the attack.
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