2010 Moscow Metro bombings
Nationality Deaths Hospitalized
Russia 37 75
Tajikistan 3 1
Malaysia - 3
Philippines - 1
Kyrgyzstan - 1
Israel - 1
Unidentified - 3
Total 40 85
Suicide bombings -- Casualties
The 2010 Moscow Metro bombings were suicide bombings carried out by two islamic women terrorist during the morning rush hour of March 29, 2010, at two stations of the Moscow Metro (Lubyanka and Park Kultury), with roughly 40 minutes interval between. At least 40 people were killed, and over 100 injured. Russian officials called the incident the deadliest and most sophisticated terrorist attack in the Russian capital in six years, a reference to the Avtozavodskaya and Rizhskaya bombings in 2004. At the time of the attacks, an estimated 500,000 people were commuting through Moscow's metro system. Initial investigation indicated that the bombings were perpetrated by the militant Islamist Caucasus Emirate group. On March 31, Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility for ordering the attacks in a video released on the internet. He also stated that such attacks in Russia would continue unless Russia grants independence to Muslim states in the North Caucasus region. The man who brought the suicide bombers to Moscow was arrested in July 2010. The Anti-Terror Committee of Russia confirmed in August 2010 that Magomedali Vagabov, along with four other militants, was killed in an operation in Dagestan. He is believed to be a militant behind the bombings, a close associate of Doku Umarov and the husband of Mariam Sharipova, one of the two suicide bombers.