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A running subway train in Moscow, Russia, exploded on the morning of the 6th. The Interfax news agency said that the explosion had killed at least 40 people and injured hundreds. Russian officials believe that this is likely to be a suicide attack.
Rescuers carried an injured person out of the subway station. Xinhua/AFP
Heavy casualties during the rush hour.
The explosion occurred around 8: 30 am Moscow time on the 6th (1: 30 pm Beijing time on the 6th), which was the rush hour. After a subway train left the station for about 500 meters, the second carriage suddenly exploded, and the train continued to rush forward for 500 meters under the action of inertia before stopping. The explosion caused a fire and smoke billowed in the subway tunnel.
Ilya blokhin, a 31-year-old doctor who was sitting in the penultimate carriage at the time of the incident, said: "I heard a loud noise similar to the explosion of firecrackers, and then smoke filled the carriage. Now the subway has also exploded. How will our country, government and police respond when they (terrorists) blow up subway trains crowded with passengers? "
A woman with a bloody face told the camera lens of Moscow Independent Television that for a long time after the explosion, passengers in the car could not open the door. Finally, they managed to pry open the car door and walked for another 2 to 3 kilometers before leaving the tunnel.
After the explosion, the police immediately closed the two subway stations closest to the train and interrupted the subway operation. Hundreds of fire engines and ambulances quickly gathered near the incident. Rescuers approached the train from both ends of the subway tunnel and firefighters began to put out the fire. Many dead and injured people were carried out from the subway station.
Nikolai isaev, a reporter from Reuters who was present, said: "I saw at least three injured people. One person has a head injury, and the other seems to have lost consciousness. The injured were taken to an ambulance and taken away from the scene. "
Lena, who works in a grocery store near the nearest subway station, said: "We saw them carry out the bodies and the injured covered in blood."
She said that shortly after the explosion, a man "walked into the store, shivering and covered in blood." He said,’ Give me a bottle of vodka.’ "The man said that he crossed the bombed car and walked out of the tunnel.
"He told us that he saw his arms and legs scattered in the carriage. He said it was a bloody massacre. " Lena said.
Another suicide bombing?
Judging the nature of this incident, ITAR-TASS quoted an official of the Federal Security Service as saying: "The main judgment of this incident is a terrorist activity."
A spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs made a clearer inference when interviewed by a reporter from Reuters. "I don’t rule out the possibility that the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber." He said.
The Interfax news agency also reported that the police’s current judgment is that the explosion is most likely a terrorist incident committed by a female suicide attacker.
Moscow police said that the explosive used in this incident was equivalent to more than 1 kg of TNT.
Later on the 6th, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a statement on the case during his talks with visiting Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. He said: "Only by uniting all forces can we deal with terrorism, the disaster of the 21st century."
After learning the news, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who is visiting the United States, has also adjusted his itinerary and will return to China early.
In recent years, illegal armed forces in the Chechen Republic of Russia have carried out a series of suicide bombings in Russia. In July last year, two suicide bombers made an explosion at an open-air concert in Moscow, killing 16 people, including them; In December last year, a female attacker detonated explosives in front of a hotel near Moscow’s Red Square, killing at least five passers-by; Five days later, Moscow police foiled another suicide attack plot. However, it is still impossible to confirm whether the subway bombing on the 6 th is also related to the illegal armed forces in Chechnya.
Moreover, since the bombing occurred before the Russian presidential election on March 14th, it attracted more public attention.
After the news of the explosion of the subway train came out, the financial market in Moscow was immediately shaken. The exchange rate between the ruble and the US dollar fell by 0.3%, and the stock price also fell by nearly 2%.
There are over 100 subway stations in Moscow. The police said that after the incident, Moscow and St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia, have strengthened the security of the subway system.
Editor: Tian Shijia
