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(U//FOUO) FBI-DHS Moscow Metro Bombings Joint Intelligence Bulletin

April 3, 2010 in Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation

(U/FOUO) According to Russian government and open source reporting, two female suicide bombers attacked two trains on the Moscow metro on 29 March by detonating improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that were worn on their bodies. Initial reporting indicates 38 people may have been killed and 102 injured.

More suicide bombings in southern Russia

March 31, 2010 in News

Russian officials said two suicide bombings in the southern province of Dagestan have killed at least twelve people, including two policemen. In Wednesday’s attacks, a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the town of Kizlyar near Dagestan’s border with Chechnya, when police tried to stop the bomber’s car, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said in televised comments. “Traffic police followed the car and almost caught up — at that time the blast hit,” Nurgaliyev said. He said the deadly cargo was headed for the center of Kizlyar. There was a school and law enforcement building nearby.