2010 Moscow Metro bombings

Islamist terror attacks in Moscow, Russia March 2022 2010 Moscow Metro bombings Lubyanka metro station 30Mar2010.JPG Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Terrorism in Russia and Islamic terrorism in Europe Central hall of the Lubyanka stationthe day after the bombings Moscow, Russia Moscow Metro March 29, 2010 7:56/7:57 MSD and 8:37/8:39 MSD UTC+4 Suicide bombings 38 102 Caucasus Emirate Hexogen explosiveshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8593961.stm Moscow Metro bombing masterminds 'will be destroyed' BBC News March 29, 2010 April 2, 2010 2 women The 2010 Moscow Metro bombings were suicide bombings carried out by two female Islamic terrorists during the morning rush hour of March 29, 2010, at two stations of the Moscow Metro (Lubyanka and Park Kultury), with roughly 40 minutes in 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",https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032900007_pf.html The Washington Post report, March 29, 2010 The Washington Post March 29, 2010 Philip P. Pan January 4, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190104064258/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032900007_pf.html live 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.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/30/russia.subway.explosions/index.html Russian police release subway bomb suspects' photos March 30, 2010 March 30, 2010 CNN https://web.archive.org/web/20100401045442/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/30/russia.subway.explosions/index.html April 1, 2010 live Initial investigation indicated that the bombings were perpetrated by the militant Islamisthttps://www.ft.com/content/9198ab3a-3b92-11df-a4c0-00144feabdc0 / UK – Authorities blame raids on Islamist terrorists Ft.com March 31, 2010https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033004018.html Russian grief turns to anger toward leaders The Washington Post March 31, 2010 March 31, 2010 Philip P. Pan January 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110123062831/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033004018.html live Caucasus Emirate group. On March 31, Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility for ordering the attacks in a video released on the internet. He also stated that such attacks in Russia would continue unless Russia grants independence to Muslim states in the North Caucasus region.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8597792.stm March 31, 2010 BBC News Chechen rebel claims Metro blasts March 31, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402181059/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8597792.stm April 2, 2010 live The man who brought the suicide bombers to Moscow was arrested in July 2010.Шесть смертниц готовили новые взрывы – Криминал : ЧП / https://web.archive.org/web/20100715084744/http://infox.ru/accident/crime/2010/07/12/Zadyerzhanyy_organiz.phtml July 15, 2010 . Infox.ru. Retrieved January 27, 2011. 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.Militant behind Moscow metro blasts killed. Sify.com (August 21, 2010). Retrieved January 27, 2011. Background The bombings were the latest in a series of attacks in Russia since 1994, many attributed to Chechen militants or to the Caucasus Emirate.http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/06/russia.timeline/index.html Timeline: Terrorism in Russia February 6, 2004 CNN March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100404015314/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/06/russia.timeline/index.html April 4, 2010 live 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 Pro-Russia Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, but also with a Dagestani population with strong Sufi traditions.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032900007.html?hpid=moreheadlines Russia braces for terrorism's return as 38 die in subway bombings The Washington Post March 30, 2010 March 31, 2010 Philip P. Pan November 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121110133107/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032900007.html?hpid=moreheadlines live http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=34708&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=d6a8434332 Caucasus Emirate: Virtual Myth or Reality? Mikhail Roshchin March 13, 2009 North Caucasus Analysis 10 10 March 30, 2010 March 24, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090324000624/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=34708&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=d6a8434332 live A mujahideen groupGuy Faulconbridge – Analysis https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T2EJ20100330 Russia's silent war spills into Moscow Reuters March 26, 2010 March 31, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403000425/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T2EJ20100330 April 3, 2010 live claim they are fighting a "holy war",Guy Faulconbridge – Analysis https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T2EJ20100330 Russia's silent war spills into Moscow Reuters February 9, 2009 April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403000425/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T2EJ20100330 April 3, 2010 live and wish to create an "Emirate" in the Caucasus.http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/06/russia.timeline/index.html Timeline: Terrorism in Russia CNN February 6, 2004 March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100404015314/http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/06/russia.timeline/index.html April 4, 2010 live Over 5,000 people have been killed and wounded in the Caucasus since 2002.http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/2009-159-17.cfm (Un)civil Jihad in the Caucasus Emirate Center for Defense Information March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090903103243/http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/2009-159-17.cfm September 3, 2009 dead Suicide bombings thumb|right|Locations of the attacks on a metro map The first explosion occurred on the Red Arrow – 75 years train at the Lubyanka station at approximately 7:56 am local time (03:56 UTC). The train started from Yugo-Zapadnaya, and stopped at Lubyanka station. Once the train doors opened, explosives worn by a woman standing at the second carriage's second exit detonated. The explosive had a force of up to 1.5 kg of trinitrotoluene (TNT).March 2023 Fifteen people on board the train, and eleven people on the platform, were killed. One victim from the third carriage died from a head injury caused by an 8 mm in on piece of metal. A second explosion at the Park Kultury station followed at approximately 8:38 am, caused by another female, who at the time of the first explosion was riding another train from Yugo-Zapadnaya towards Ulitsa Podbelskogo station in the same direction as the first train. At the time of first explosion, the second train had stopped in the tunnel between Frunzenskaya and Park Kultury stations. It was announced over the speakers that due to technical problems, the train would have to unload the passengers at the next stop. About 40 minutes later, the train reached the station, and once its doors opened, the second female suspect detonated the second explosion, killing fourteen commuters.https://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1345549 Поезд шахидки The train of the suicide bomber Kommersant Nikolay Sergeyev March 30, 2010 March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402010520/http://kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1345549 April 2, 2010 live Panic included stampedes at both stations, as commuters attempted to escape. The second attack was carried out by a dark-haired woman with the equivalent of 2 kg of TNT strapped to her waist. Both bombs were packed with metal nuts, bolts and screws, to increase the destructive impact of the blasts.http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=03&dd=29&nav_id=66131 News — Politics — Unclear if Serbs were among victims in Moscow B92 March 11, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401154336/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=03&dd=29&nav_id=66131 April 1, 2010 dead thumb|left|The Red Arrow – 75 years trainupon its first launch The two women who carried out the attacks wore explosive belts, presumably using detonation devices set inside their mobile phones and activated by a call to self.http://lenta.ru/news/2010/03/29/attack/ Terrorist acts in Moscow metro were performed by suicide bombers Lenta.ru ru March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100330144239/http://www.lenta.ru/news/2010/03/29/attack/ March 30, 2010 live The attackers intended to strike during peak hours on a weekday when the subway would be at capacity. Eyewitnesses said that some survivors were so badly injured that they constantly splashed heavy amounts of blood on the floor and walls, until they were attended to by doctors.http://article.wn.com/view/2010/03/29/Moscow_bomb_The_doctors_could_not_stop_the_victims_bleeding/ Moscow bomb: 'The doctors could not stop the victims' bleeding' - Worldnews.com Article.wn.com March 30, 2010 March 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120301152516/http://article.wn.com/view/2010/03/29/Moscow_bomb_The_doctors_could_not_stop_the_victims_bleeding/ live Alexander Bortnikov, the FSB chief, said its investigation pointed to "terrorist groups related to the North Caucasus".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8593961.stm Moscow Metro bombing masterminds 'will be destroyed' BBC News March 29, 2010 March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401120829/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8593961.stm April 1, 2010 live Casualties + Casualty statisticshttp://mchs.gov.ru/emergency/detail.php?ID=31379& МЧС СПИСКИ погибших и пострадавших при взрывах в метрополитене г. Москва 29.03.2010 г. Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia) April 1, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100404071610/http://www.mchs.gov.ru/emergency/detail.php?ID=31379& April 4, 2010 dead NationalityГлавная | Новости Таджикистана-ИА «Азия-Плюс» https://web.archive.org/web/20160130195253/http://www.asiaplus.tj/en/news/38/63897.html January 30, 2016 . Asiaplus.tj. Retrieved on August 17, 2013. Deaths Hospitalized 37 75 3 1  – 3  – 1  – 1  – 1 Unidentified  – 3 Total 40 85 Citizenship of those killed and wounded was updated by the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Forty people, aged between 16 and 65, were killed in the explosions.Moscow Subway-Blasts Mourners Tell Tales Of Lives Lost – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011 . Rferl.org. Retrieved on January 27, 2011. This counts a victim who died of her injuries on March 30.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/30/moscow-metro-bomb-attack-deaths Moscow metro death toll rises as national day of mourning begins Guardian March 30, 2010 March 30, 2010 London Luke Harding https://web.archive.org/web/20100401155400/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/30/moscow-metro-bomb-attack-deaths April 1, 2010 live https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S0FM20100329 Bombers kill at least 38 in Moscow subway Reuters March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401081142/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S0FM20100329 April 1, 2010 live https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S0FM20100329 Bombers kill at least 38 in Moscow subway Reuters March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401081142/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S0FM20100329 April 1, 2010 live This figure was revised upwards from an earlier count of 36 killed, that had consisted of 24 people in the explosion at the Lubyanka station and 12 at Park Kultury. Two other people died in the resulting stampede at both the stations after the blast. Three of the dead were minors.http://lifenews.ru/news/18872 ru:Родные опознали жертв терактов в метро Relatives identified the victims of the metro terror acts ru March 30, 2010 Life News March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401121456/http://www.lifenews.ru/news/18872 April 1, 2010 live A high-ranking official of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Captain Viktor Ginkut, was also amongst the passengers killed at Park Kultury station.http://www.rian.ru/ter_news/20100330/217238389.html ru:При взрыве в московском метро погиб капитан первого ранга ЧФ РФ During the bombings in Moscow metro, captain of RF Black Fleet died ru March 30, 2010 Ria Novosti March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402184643/http://www.rian.ru/ter_news/20100330/217238389.html April 2, 2010 live His residential registry in Sevastopol, Ukraine has raised the question of his actual nationality, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia refused to comment on it.http://news.bigmir.net/ukraine/261782/ ru:МИД отказался комментировать информацию о двойном гражданстве погибшего в Москве жителя Севастополя Bigmir.net ru March 31, 2010 April 3, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405090045/http://news.bigmir.net/ukraine/261782/ April 5, 2010 live Over 100 other passengers sustained mild to serious injuries.https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36077879 Toll from Moscow subway blasts rises to 39: FSB security service's HQ is in building above one of targeted stations NBC and news services March 29, 2010 MSNBC.com March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331012938/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36077879/ns/world_news-europe/ March 31, 2010 live Five of the injured passengers remained in critical condition for an extended period. Subsequent false alarms A third reportedly failed detonation was announced by Life News roughly 40 minutes later, aimed at one of the two Prospekt Mira stations; however, no explosives were found in the plastic bag, after it was taken from the station.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8592190.stm Moscow Metro hit by deadly suicide bombings BBC March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329053504/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8592190.stm March 29, 2010 live Around 10:04 am local time a call from a public phone announcing another planned explosion was made to the Begovaya station staff, but the caller soon revealed it to be a hoax.http://top.rbc.ru/incidents/29/03/2010/385817.shtml Moscow police (GUVD) disproved information about third and fourth explosions Top.rbc.ru ru March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401100320/http://top.rbc.ru/incidents/29/03/2010/385817.shtml April 1, 2010 dead Another hoax occurred about an hour after the second explosion at the Ulitsa Podbelskogo station when passengers noticed a Muslim woman entering the train.http://echo.msk.ru/news/667546-echo.html According to preliminary data, explosions at Moscow underground stations Lubyanka and Park Kultury were performed by female suicide bombers Ekho Moskvy ru March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401034636/http://echo.msk.ru/news/667546-echo.html April 1, 2010 livehttp://www.rbcdaily.ru/2010/03/29/focus/467284 Suicide bombers went down to the underground RBCdaily ru March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401054254/http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2010/03/29/focus/467284 April 1, 2010 live Aftermath right|thumb|Overcrowded surface public transport lines on the day of the bombings Russian television carried little coverage of the attacks for the first hour after the first explosion took place (at 7:57 am). Commentators have criticised this, alleging that it spread more panic and led to citizens feeling helpless.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8594375.stm Russia media criticise Kremlin over Moscow Metro bombs, BBC BBC News March 17, 2010 March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401041654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8594375.stm April 1, 2010 livehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/apr/01/press-freedom-russia London The Guardian Roy Greenslade Why Russian TV networks waited two hours to report bombings April 1, 2010 April 3, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403004619/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/apr/01/press-freedom-russia April 3, 2010 live Around 11:00 am local time, a special operation was launched to patrol all the subway stations in search of possible clues to trace the instigators. Squads of local police performed passport control at every station of the Sokolnicheskaya Line.http://top.rbc.ru/special/metro/29/03/2010/385823.shtml ru:Московское метро атаковано террористами Top.rbc.ru ru March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401100530/http://top.rbc.ru/special/metro/29/03/2010/385823.shtml April 1, 2010 dead thumb|left|Commuters leave flowers at the Lubyanka station March 30 was declared a nationwide Day of Mourning.http://www.1tv.ru/news/crime/163728 В связи с произошедшими взрывами в Москве 30 марта объявлен Днем траура Day of Mourning will be held in Moscow on March 30 in relation to the bombings First Channel March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401034924/http://www.1tv.ru/news/crime/163728 April 1, 2010 live Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued a decree ordering the allocation from the Reserve Fund of 300,000 rubles (approx. US$11,000) to the families of those killed in the bombings, plus 18,000 rubles for funeral expenses, and of 50,000–100,000 rubles to those who were injured in the attacks, depending on the severity of their injuries.Families of Moscow metro attacks will be paid 300,000 rubles – government decree http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=154730 Interfax March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110512171648/http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=154730 May 12, 2011 Megan K Stack Suicide bombers hit two Moscow subway stations https://www.latimes.com/la-fg-moscow-blast29-2010mar29,0,4320559.story Los Angeles Times March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401090059/http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-moscow-blast29-2010mar29%2C0%2C4320559.story April 1, 2010 live Authorities announced that due to upcoming Easter (Paskha), May 1 International Workers Day and May 9 Victory Day, strict security would be imposed on Moscow's metro network up until May 15, 2010.http://www.rian.ru/moscow/20100331/217416074.html Усиленные меры безопасности сохранятся в метро Москвы до 15 мая – Гаев Beefed up security in Moscow metro will be kept until May 15 – Gaev Ria Novosti ru March 31, 2010 March 31, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100405051232/http://www.rian.ru/moscow/20100331/217416074.html April 5, 2010 live As a result of the terror bombings, the number of daily commuters in the Moscow metro decreased by 17% the next day.http://www.rian.ru/ter_news/20100331/217372790.html ru:Пассажиропоток в метро Москвы во вторник сократился почти на 20% Passenger commute at Moscow metro decreased by almost 20% on Tuesday Ria Novosti ru March 31, 2010 March 31, 2010 February 20, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110220183419/http://rian.ru/ter_news/20100331/217372790.html live Follow-up About 48 hours after the Moscow Metro bombings a double suicide bombing hit the Caucasian Republic of Dagestan, killing the city police chief amongst others. Russia immediately drew parallels, saying the two bombings were linked.August 2021 On April 1 another bombing in Dagestan killed two more people.August 2021 On April 5, exactly a week after the Moscow attacks, another bombing in Ingushetia targeting a police barracks drew parallels between that and the Dagestan attacks. It was feared that these incidents might lead to an escalation of violence in general.Police targeted in Ingushetia blast – Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20110605061337/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/04/20104555237217343.html June 5, 2011 . Al Jazeera English (April 5, 2010). Retrieved on January 27, 2011. Investigation thumb|right|thumbtime=11|Special meeting followingthe Moscow metro bombings According to Interfax news agency, citing law enforcement sources, surveillance cameras captured two women – aged between 18 and 20 – boarding the metro at the Yugo-Zapadnaya station. Police were hunting for one 30-year-old man with North Caucasian features, and two other women of Slavic appearance aged 22 and 45 who had been seen shepherding the bombers into the station. All had their faces uncovered.Luke Harding https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/29/moscow-bombings-vladimir-putin/print Moscow bombings: Putin vows to destroy group behind attacks The Guardian March 29, 2010 March 30, 2010 London January 30, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160130195252/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/29/moscow-bombings-vladimir-putin/print live Unconfirmed reports said the perpetrators tried to take the explosives to the Russian Ministry of Defense building on Arbat street. Law enforcement also speculated the suicide bombers may have confused the stations, missing one of their original targets – Oktyabrskaya station. They opine that the attackers intended to blow up the Lubyanka station, which is located next to central headquarters of FSB, and then Oktyabrskaya, which is attached to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.http://www.aif.ru/crime/article/33669 Террористки-смертницы могли перепутать станции метро Suicide bombers could have confused the metro stations Argumenty i Fakty Lena Chuguy March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401082714/http://www.aif.ru/crime/article/33669 April 1, 2010 live Officials suspect that Muslim rebels from the troubled North Caucasus region that includes Chechnya are responsible for the attack.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/world/europe/30moscow.html?pagewanted=print Moscow Attack a Test for Putin and His Record Against Terror The New York Times March 30, 2010 Clifford Levy March 30, 2010 April 30, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110430030911/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/world/europe/30moscow.html?pagewanted=print live The link to the Caucasian grouphttp://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/03/29/UPI-NewsTrack-TopNews/UPI-61021269879096/ UPI NewsTrack TopNews UPI.com March 29, 2010 October 21, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121021140739/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/03/29/UPI-NewsTrack-TopNews/UPI-61021269879096/ live was immediate. According to preliminary reports was immediate. According to preliminary reports, law enforcement were notified about possible terror acts through three telegrams indicating potential threats to Moscow's transport system, but the suicide bombers passed through the security. Unofficial reports the morning before the attacks took place indicate many female passengers of North Caucasian appearance were stopped and checked by Moscow security enforcement under pretence of routine ID verifications, and taken to local precincts. thumb|right|Commuters leave flowers at the Park Kultury station The Investigation Committee of the Procuracy of the Russian Federation started a criminal investigation under Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code ("act of terrorism").http://www.expert.ru/news/2010/03/29/metro/ Underground — explosions Expert.ru ru March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403040521/http://www.expert.ru/news/2010/03/29/metro/ April 3, 2010 dead Perpetrators Two female natives of Dagestan are believed to have detonated the explosions. Russian authorities released photographs of both women, showing their facial features to be intact and possibly identifiable.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/30/russia.subway.explosions/index.html?hpt=T1 Russian police release subway bomb suspects's photos CNN March 30, 2010 March 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100403000704/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/30/russia.subway.explosions/index.html?hpt=T1 April 3, 2010 live Russia's FSB security service have named the suicide bomber behind the Park Kultury metro station explosionTeenage widow behind Moscow blast – Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20100403054538/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/04/20104213214264919.html April 3, 2010 Al Jazeera English (April 2, 2010).Retrieved on January 27, 2011. as Dzhanet Abdullayeva (1992–2010), "black widow" who had lived in the Khasavyurtsky region of Dagestan.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7534464/Moscow-bombing-who-are-the-Black-Widows.html Moscow bombing: who are the Black Widows Telegraph Andrew Osborn March 29, 2010 March 29, 2010 London https://web.archive.org/web/20100401032204/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7534464/Moscow-bombing-who-are-the-Black-Widows.html April 1, 2010 live She was the widow of 30-year-old Umalat Magomedov, a prominent insurgent killed by Russian forces on December 31, 2009.Faulconbridge Guy Russia says Moscow bomber was teenage "Black Widow" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-bombings-idUSTRE6311FK20100402 August 30, 2012 Reuters April 2, 2012 Moscow February 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130216170340/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/04/02/us-russia-bombings-idUSTRE6311FK20100402 live Investigators confirmed that the second attacker was Maryam Sharipova, a 28-year-old schoolteacher from Dagestan, after her father identified her bodySecond Moscow bomber identified – Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20100407054523/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/04/201046141158638627.html April 7, 2010 . Al Jazeera English (April 7, 2010). Retrieved on January 27, 2011. although he claimed she had a degree in mathematics and psychology and taught computer science while never expressing any "radical beliefs". Although, there was some speculation as to whether her brother had been arrested in connection to North Caucassian fighters.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/03/2010331171748201274.html Europe – Chechen rebel claims Moscow attacks Al Jazeera English April 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402022913/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/03/2010331171748201274.html April 2, 2010 live'Dagestan teacher is Moscow bomber' – Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20100406053618/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/04/201045142533794297.html April 6, 2010 . Al Jazeera English (April 5, 2010). Retrieved on January 27, 2011. Police had identified an apartment rented out by two suspected accomplices of the bombers. The men were believed to have accompanied the women to a metro station in the southwest of the city and handed over the bomb belts. They then went back to the apartment where they were said to have remotely detonated the charges. The two were known to police who have put them on a wanted list. Moscow said that there were an additional twenty-one "black widows" ready to strike, and were studying if the alleged attackers were part of an original group of thirty. Female suicide bombers, known as "black widows," have been involved in suicide bombings on numerous occasions, including 2004 bombings of two passenger planes that took off from Domodedovo International Airport, previous Moscow metro bombings, the Moscow theater hostage crisis, and the Beslan school hostage crisis. The Caucasus Emirate immediately denied responsibility for the attack, saying that they planned attacks on economic targets inside Russia, but not against civilians. However, the attack followed a warning from Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov the prior month of his intent to spread the Caucasian insurgency to Russian cities.Grove Thomas https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-bombing-denial-idUSTRE62U2F920100331 Islamist group says not behind Moscow bombs Reuters March 31, 2010 May 5, 2012 January 30, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160130195253/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-bombing-denial-idUSTRE62U2F920100331 live Two days following the blasts, in a video message posted on a Chechen rebel website, Umarov claimed that his group was behind the bombings and that he had ordered the attacks. He said the Moscow attacks were an act of revenge for the killings of Chechen and Ingush civilians by Russian security forces near Arshty on February 11, and that more attacks would follow.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8597792.stm Chechen rebel says he ordered Moscow Metro attacks BBC March 31, 2010 March 31, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100402181059/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8597792.stm April 2, 2010 live On March, 29 in Moscow were accomplished two special operations on exterminating kafirs and saying hello to the FSB. Both these operations were accomplished by my order [...] And today, any politician, any journalist, any person that would condemn these operations, accuse me of terrorism, I laugh to his face, I only grin[...] Doku Umarov (Amir of the Caucasus Emirate, ex-president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria) Statement of the Amir of the Caucasus Emirate.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu6oL0Hwirc&feature=popular https://web.archive.org/web/20100528064501/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu6oL0Hwirc 2010-05-28 dead Заявление Амира Имарата Кавказ Докку Абу Усмана. 29.03.2010 YouTube March 29, 2010 April 2, 2010 On May 13, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov announced that they had identified all members of the group behind the attack and that three of the members were killed during a raid in an attempt to detain them, one of them being the person who escorted the suicide bombers from Dagestan to Moscow.December 2020 Bortnikov was quoted as saying: "To our great regret, we were unable to detain them alive because they put up fierce armed resistance and were killed."https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8680074.stm May 13, 2010 BBC News Moscow attack 'planners' killed May 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100516150652/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8680074.stm May 16, 2010 live Reactions thumb|thumbtime=25|President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Lubyanka Metro Following the attacks, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as well as Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic, were quick to comment on the attacks.March 2023 The attack also sparked condemnation and expressions of condolence from numerous governments and heads of state, as well as international bodies such as NATO, the Council of Europe, and the European Union who also condemned the attacks and/or expressed condolences to the victims' families.May 2023 Amongst media reactions, there was controversy about how the Russian media handled the reporting in the first hours after the attack.August 2025 Outside Russia, the United States increased security and police presence on transit systems in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Atlanta following the attacks.https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/9009505 US transit security increased over Moscow blast March 29, 2010 Megan K. Scott Associated Press March 30, 2010 London The Guardian March 12, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240312124846/https://www.theguardian.com/info/2015/dec/09/removed-news-agency-feed-article live right See also Russia Trains 1977 Moscow bombings February 2004 Moscow Metro bombing August 2004 Moscow Metro bombing 2009 Nevsky Express bombing List of terrorist incidents, 2010 December 2013 Volgograd bombings 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing Crisis situations and unrest in Europe since 2000 Human rights in Chechnya War crimes and terrorism in Chechnya Islamic terrorism Incidents in Moscow Metro Insurgency in the North Caucasus List of Islamist terrorist attacks List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems References 30em External links Moscow Metro attack suspects killed by police 2010 Moscow Metro bombings View 1 of Lubyanka platform View 2 of Lubyanka platform View 3 of Lubyanka platform Russia Today Report Park Kulturi station after the act of terror List of surnames of injured people ru Moscow metro blast: First video of subway explosion Inside Story, AlJazeera, English — March 30, 2010 J. 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