The Moment

3|29|10: Moscow

Two female suicide bombers struck Moscow's subway system during the Monday-morning commute, killing at least 39 people in the worst terrorist attacks to hit the city in six years. Ever since the two bombed stations were reopened later the same day, stunned Russians have wandered the damaged platforms, laying flowers and stopping to touch shrapnel gashes in the stone walls. Officials have placed blame for the attacks on Islamist rebels from regions like Dagestan, where two more suicide blasts killed at least 12 people Wednesday morning. The leading rebel warlord in those regions, Doku Umarov, who has been linked to al-Qaeda,...

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