Moscow Mourns

Today, Tuesday, March 30, is an official day of mourning in Moscow.

During the morning rush hour on Monday, two female suicide bombers set off their explosives in the Lubyanka and Park Kultury metro stations, about 40 minutes apart. The death toll is now 39, and over 70 people were injured.

It is still unclear who the two women were, though it is suspected that they were from the North Caucasus. Remains of their bodies have been recovered. It is believed that each woman had a pair of bombs. Officials estimate that the Lubyanka explosion was the result of 4 kilograms of dynamite, which killed at least 23 people and injured 20. It seems that one of the bombs at Park Kultury did not go off, because the force of the explosion was only about half that at Lubyanka.

President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin both made public statements about the terrorist act, vowing to eliminate the perpetrators.

Footage from surveillance cameras suggests that the two suicide bombers had accomplices: "two Slavic-looking women" and a man in his 30s, according to The Moscow Times.

For coverage of the aftermath, see The Moscow Times, Ria Novosti, Radio Free Europe, and The New York Times.