RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Russia - Terror Attack

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-03-29, 05:27:31 [UTC] Ref.no.: VW-20100329-25500-RUS Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-03-29 at 05:54:10 [UTC] Event: Terror Attack Location: Russia Capital City Lubyanka and Park Kultury METRO Stations Moscow Number of Deads: 37 person(s) Number of Injured: 11 person(s) Situation: Terrorism is suspected as the cause of the two blasts that tore through the central Moscow metro system during Monday morning's rush hour killing at least 32 people, Russia's top investigator said. The first blast occurred at around 8:00 a.m. (05:00 GMT) at the central Moscow Lubyanka station and killed 20 people and injured 11. The second blast occurred some 45 minutes last at the nearby Park Kultury station and killed at least 12. The injured are being evacuated by helicopter. Central Moscow is at a standstill. The last terrorist attack in the Moscow metro system occurred in February 2004 when a blast killed 41. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu