(vIndianz, 29 March 2010): Two explosions that occurred at the Moscow Metro during rush hour this morning have left at least 40 dead. While the first blast at the Lubyanka station in central Moscow happened at 0356 GMT killing 22 people, the second explosion happened 45 minutes later at Park Kultury at 0438 GMT, killing at least 12 more people.
Significantly, the headquarters of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), successor to the Soviet-era KGB, is located above the station which is just yards away the Kremlin. Though no outfit has claimed responsibility, investigators believe that this could be the handiwork of groups from Russia’s North Caucasus, where Moscow is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency. It is suspected that the first blast was triggered by a suicide bomber. A criminal investigation into terrorism has been kicked off.
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