[Not BAHN] March 29th. Explosions in Moscow metro

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[Not BAHN] March 29th. Explosions in Moscow metro

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Some info in brief.

This Monday, at 7:52 on 'Lubyanka' station (Red line) the second waggon of well-known '75 years Red Arrow anniversary' train (route 9, 'Severnoe' depot) was blown up by a woman-suicide-bomber.

At 8:46, on 'Park Kultury' station (Red line again) the third waggon of another train (route 46, 'Cherkizovo' depot) was also blown up.

In total, 36 people killed, 3 people died in hospitals. 84 people asked for medical help, 71 of them are still in hospitals of the city.

The Red line was closed immediately. Until 16:12 there was no service between 'Sportivnaya' and 'Komsomolskaya' metro station. Public overground connecting Red line with nearest others was reported to be heavily overcrowded. The main highway ('Third transit circle') around the city centre collapsed deadly in a huge traffic jam. Mobile phone network became absent in some areas of the city, but soon the mobile operator companies succeeded in turning it on. Taxi drivers (God, save their souls) put their prices extremely high (in some cases more than $50 for kilometer reported)

- State Road Police (GAI) closed some parts of city centre roads for the bus service to be provided instead of metro.
- More than 130 buses provided by State company 'MosGorTrans' to carry passengers of the Red line.
- 'Russian Railways' provided special suburban trains running every 20 minutes from Belorusskiy vokzal to Tsaritsyno station and backwards (interchanges to metro stations: Belorusskaya - Savelovskaya - Komsomolskaya - Kurskaya - Tekstilschiki - Tsaritsyno).
- Main mobile network operators in Moscow decided to return all the money spent by consumers calling their relatives after the tragedy (and have already done it).

At 16:12, short part of Red line from 'Sportivnaya' to 'Park Kultury' opened for the public service.

At 16:55, Red line fully opened for public service, except 'Lubyanka' station (trains not stopping).

At 17:08, 'Lubyanka' station opened. Still some damaged marble can be seen.

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In the late evening, after the peak hour, on all the LCD information and commercial screens, instead of usual content the phrase appeared: "We remember and we mourn". People from all over the city come to 'Lubyanka' and 'Park Kultury' with candles and flowers.

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Quoted and translated from
http://metroblog.ru/post/3091/
ŁMPP

Re: [Not BAHN] March 29th. Explosions in Moscow metro

Beitrag von ŁMPP »

Well, this seems to be another case that supports claim that role of women in world affairs is increasing.

While attempting to smuggle explosives aboard aircraft or thrying to take control of them is increasingly difficult, it is completely opposite with rail and road transit. Taking entire suitcase of explosives aboard train or bus is very easy, and this does not even require siucide. Luggage can be simply "lost" or "forgotten". Further such attacks can have devastating effect on mass transit, as people would eventually realise that cars are the safest mean of transportation.

I still cannot fully understand the people who perform suicide bombings. If somebody killed members of my family, I would be capable of killing those responsible, but just them, not some random people...
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