Friday, April 2, 2010

Moscow subway explosion: Chechnya separatists suspected

This morning, two subway stations were rocked by bomb explosions in the considering military payday loans of personnel to investigate the explosions.

Dozens injured by Moscow subway explosion

Casualty reports for the Moscow subway explosion are still coming in to most news sources. Most news sources are reporting about 38 individuals dead and another 65 injured, at least 30 seriously. Directly below the intelligence agency headquarters in Moscow, the first Moscow subway explosion occurred right before 8 a.m. The second Moscow subway explosion took place forty minutes later, at a subway station on the same red line, but several miles away.

Chechen “black widow” bombers blamed for Moscow subway explosion

North Caucasus area rebel groups are being blamed by the Russian federal security force. At one point, the North Caucasus region was an independent Chechen region. The North Caucasus region is now considered a “Russian federal subject”. Doku Umarov, the leader of one of the largest Chechen rebel groups, has not taken credit for the bombings, though he did threaten a “campaign of terror on Russian soil”. It is suspected the suicide bombers were all female, and members of the “black widow” group of extreme Chechnya separatists.

Moscow subway bombings spur heightened security around the world

Nearly every major city subway stations around the world, security was on high alert. Tokyo put additional police and security patrols on their subway system. The London metro has begun using bomb-sniffing dogs to carry out sweeps. Given that Nejibullah Zazi entered a guilty plea to preparing a subway attack, the already-on-edge New York City has started extra patrols. Washington DC had planned a mass transit disaster drill today, and is continuing with heightened patrols. With their security credit card, New York City plans to send an investigator to Moscow.



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