2010 Moscow Metro bombings
| 2010 Moscow Metro bombings | |
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Central hall of the Lubyanka station
the day after the bombings |
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| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Date | March 29, 2010 7:56/7:57 MSD and 8:37/8:39 MSD (UTC+4) |
| Target | Moscow Metro |
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Attack type
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Suicide bombings |
| Weapons | Hexogen explosives |
| Deaths | Total 40: Lubyanka station: 26 Park Kultury station: 14 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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102 (88 hospitalized) |
| Perpetrator | Caucasus Emirate |
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Suspected perpetrators
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al-Qaeda |
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No. of participants
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2 women |
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 View 1 of Lubyanka platform
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View 2 of Lubyanka platform
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View 3 of Lubyanka platform
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| Video | |
 Russia Today Report
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Park Kulturi station after the act of terror
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The 2010 Moscow Metro bombings were suicide bombings carried out by two women during the morning rush hour of March 29, 2010, at two stations of the Moscow Metro (Lubyanka and Park Kultury), with roughly 40 minutes interval between. At least 40 people were killed, and over 100 injured.
Russian officials called the incident "the deadliest and most sophisticated terrorist attack in the Russian capital in six years", a reference to the Avtozavodskaya and Rizhskaya bombings in 2004. At the time of the attacks, an estimated 500,000 people were commuting through Moscow's metro system.
Initial investigation indicated that the bombings were perpetrated by the militant IslamistCaucasus Emirate group. On March 31, Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility for ordering the attacks in a video released on the internet. He has also stated that such attacks in Russia will continue unless Russia grants independence to Muslim states in the North Caucasus region. The man who brought the suicide bombers to Moscow was arrested in July 2010. The Anti-Terror Committee of Russia confirmed in August 2010 that Magomedali Vagabov, along with four other militants, was killed in an operation in Dagestan. He is believed to be a militant behind the bombings, a close associate of Doku Umarov and the husband of Mariam Sharipova, one of the two suicide bombers.
The bombings were the latest in a series of attacks in Russia since 1994, many attributed to Chechen militants or to the Caucasus Emirate. Since 1999, Chechen separatists gradually shifted away from a pro-western approach of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, becoming strongly influenced by Salafi beliefs which placed them at odds not only with Russia and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, but also with a Dagestani population with strong Sufi traditions. A mujahideen group claim they are fighting a "holy war", and wish to create an "Emirate" in the Caucasus. Over 5,000 people have been killed and wounded in the Caucasus since 2002.
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