2010 Moscow Metro bombings
2010 Moscow Metro bombings | |
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Part of Park Kultury station: 14 | |
Injured | 102 (88 hospitalized)[1] |
Perpetrator | Caucasus Emirate[2] |
No. of participants | 2 women |
The 2010 Moscow Metro bombings were
Russian officials called the incident "the deadliest and most sophisticated terrorist attack in the Russian capital in six years",
Initial investigation indicated that the bombings were perpetrated by the militant
Background
The bombings were the latest in a
Suicide bombings
The first explosion occurred on the Red Arrow – 75 years train at the
A second explosion at the
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.[20] 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.[21]
Alexander Bortnikov, the FSB chief, said its investigation pointed to "terrorist groups related to the North Caucasus".[22]
Casualties
Nationality[23] | Deaths | Hospitalized |
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Russia | 37 | 75 |
Tajikistan | 3 | 1 |
Malaysia | – | 3 |
Philippines | – | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan | – | 1 |
Israel | – | 1 |
Unidentified | – | 3 |
Total | 40 | 85 |
Citizenship of those killed and wounded was updated by the Ministry of Emergency Situations.[1]
Forty people, aged between 16 and 65, were killed in the explosions.[24] This counts a victim who died of her injuries on March 30.[25][26] 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.[27]
A high-ranking official of the
Over 100 other passengers sustained mild to serious injuries.[7][20] 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.[30] 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.[31]
Another hoax occurred about an hour after the second explosion at the
Aftermath
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.[34][35]
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
March 30 was declared a nationwide Day of Mourning.[37] Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued a decree ordering the allocation from the Reserve Fund of 300,000 rubles (approx. $11,000 USD) 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.[38][39]
Authorities announced that due to upcoming Easter (Paskha),
Follow-up
About 48 hours after the Moscow Metro bombings a double suicide bombing hit the Caucasian Republic of
Investigation
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
Unconfirmed reports said the perpetrators tried to take the explosives to the Russian
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").[48]
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.
Investigators confirmed that the second attacker was Maryam Sharipova, a 28-year-old schoolteacher from Dagestan, after her father identified her body[53] 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.[2][54] 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.[51]
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.
The
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.[56]
On March, 29 in Moscow were accomplished two special operations on exterminating
Amir of the Caucasus Emirate, ex-president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria), Statement of the Amir of the Caucasus Emirate.[57]
On May 13,
Reactions
Following the attacks,
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.[citation needed]
Amongst media reactions, there was controversy about how the Russian media handled the reporting in the first hours after the attack. 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.[59]
See also
- 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
- Islamic terrorism
- Incidents in Moscow Metro
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus
- List of Islamist terrorist attacks
- List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems
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External links
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Russia Today Report | |
Park Kulturi station after the act of terror |
- List of surnames of injured people (in Russian)
- Moscow metro blast: First video of subway explosion
- Inside Story, AlJazeera, English — March 30, 2010
- J. Rogoża, P. Żochowski, Attacks in the Moscow Metro, Centre for Eastern Studies
- Dzhanet Abdullayeva collected news and commentary at The New York Times