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Two female terrorists blew themselves up in a Russian subway station in Moscow (via Michelle Malkin):

Two female homicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow’s subway system as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers Monday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 30, the city’s mayor and other officials said. Emergency Ministry spokeswoman Svetlana Chumikova said 23 people were killed at the Lubyanka station in central Moscow. The station is underneath the building that houses the main offices of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, the KGB’s main successor agency.

[...] Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said both explosions were believed to have been set off by female suicide bombers as the trains entered the stations. In the first case, officials said the explosion was on the train; there was no immediate information on the location of the second blast.

[...] Russia’s top investigative body also said terrorism was suspected.

Umm, isn't it obvious what this was? What really needs to be asked is if this was the work of a large terror organization.

The UK Times reports:

The blasts were caused by two women wearing belts packed with explosives, Moscow’s chief prosecutor Yuri Syomin told reporters.

Surveillance camera footage posted on the Internet showed motionless bodies lying in Lubyanka station lobby and emergency workers treating victims.

Passengers, many of them in tears, streamed out of the station, one man exclaiming over and over: “This is how we live!”

Tragically, yes, that is the problem Russia's got.

Update: The Montreal Gazette reports that the Islamic terrorist group behind the attacks is called "Emirate of the Caucasus".

Labels: jihad, Russia, terrorism