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Moscow Metro Blast, MOSCOW: Moscow emergency officials and Russian news agencies say two explosions hit the Moscow subway system, killing at least 40 people.
The first blast at the Lubyanka station in central Moscow happened during the peak hour when thousands of passengers were packed onto trains.
The headquarters of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), successor to the Soviet-era KGB, is located just above the station.
“The blast hit the second carriage of a metro train that stopped at Lubyanka, at 0756 (0356 GMT),” Russian emergencies ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said.
“Fourteen people died in the wagon of the train and 11 on the platform,” said Ms Andrianova. At least 10 people were wounded, she said.
The second explosion happaned at Park Kultury