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Moscow Metro Rocked By Explosions

Last updated (GMT/UTC): 29.03.2010 05:27

MOSCOW -- Two explosions at subway stations in the Russian capital of Moscow have killed scores of people.

The ITAR-TASS news agency quotes the Emergency Situations Ministry as saying at least 25 people were killed in the first blast at the Lubyanka Metro station that hit during morning rush hour.

At least 10 people were wounded in the blast.

Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova says the dead include 14 people who were in the train's second car where the blast occurred. She says the dead also include 11 people who were on the platform at the Lubyanka station.

A second blast occurred around 40 minutes later at the Park Kultury station. The AFP news agency is reporting that between 12 and 15 people were killed in the second blast, citing Emergency Situations Ministry officials.

RFE/RL's Russian Service reports that ambulances and firefighters had difficulty making their way to the sites of the explosions because of morning traffic jams.

The line where the blasts occurred has been shut down.

The cause of the explosions is still unknown.

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Metro_Rocked_By_Explosion/1996130.html

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