Moscow metro stations after blasts, day of mourning
(30 Mar 2010) 1. Wide exterior of Lubyanka, headquarters of the Federal Security Service (FSB) 2. Man adding black ribbons to Russian national and Moscow city flags 3. Close up of flags 4. Wide of entrance to Lubyanka metro station 5. Close up of metro sign 6. Wide of flowers laid at memorial inside Lubyanka station 7. Train arriving at station 8. Passengers getting off train 9. Wide of memorial 10. Close up of calendar with date circled 11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Nikolai Babenko, Moscow resident "As to the sense of fear, this was exactly the intention: to make people tremble and fear, to create panic and destabilisation and so on. But as you can see this is not happening here." 12. Wide of memorial 13. Wide shot of cars on bridge near Park Kultury metro station 14. Wide exterior of main entrance to Park Kultury 15. Close up of flags 16. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Irina Loshchenkova, Moscow resident: "I think they (the security services) failed to protect us. My opinion is that we have little protection whatsoever." 17. Various of train arriving at Park Kultury metro 18. Various of memorial inside station STORYLINE: A day of national mourning was being observed in Russia on Tuesday, following a double suicide bombing in the Moscow metro system. Flags flew at half staff on government buildings and entertainment events and shows on television were cancelled. At the two stations where the attacks occurred temporary memorials had been set up, with flowers and candles. Meanwhile the death toll was raised to 39 on Tuesday morning, after a woman died in a clinic from wounds sustained during one of the bombings, officials said. Five people remain in critical condition out of 71 hospitalised after the blasts, a city health department official told the Rossiya-24 state news channel. Only eight victims had been formally identified, he said. The attacks have been blamed on rebels from the North Caucasus region. The preliminary investigation found that female suicide bombers detonated belts of explosives during the Monday morning rush-hour at two central Moscow subway stations. It was the first militant activity in the Russian capital for years. Heightened transportation security remained in effect across the capital and in cities across Russia. Police with machine guns and sniffer dogs patrolled subway entrances. Monday''s first explosion took place just before 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) at the Lubyanka station in central Moscow, beneath the notorious headquarters of the Federal Security Service or FSB, the KGB''s main successor agency. The FSB is a symbol of power under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer who headed the agency before his election as president in 2000. About 45 minutes later, a second blast hit the Park Kultury station on the same subway line, which is near the renowned Gorky Park. In both cases, the bombs were detonated as the trains pulled into the stations and the doors were opening. Debate raged in the Russian media as to the exact motive for the attacks. Newspapers speculated that the blasts were retaliation for the recent killing of militant leaders in the North Caucasus by Russian police. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
