Tag: moscow

Moscow mourns subway suicide bomb victims

Posted by – 30/03/2010

[via cnn.com]

Relatives of victims of the subway blasts cry outside a morgue in Moscow where they arrived to identify a body

Moscow paused to mourn its dead Tuesday, a day after suicide bombers struck a pair of subway stations in a deadly rush-hour attack.

Flags across the city were lowered to half staff as hundreds of thousands of commuters returned to the transit system where the bombings had claimed dozens of casualties. Authorities said the attacks have killed at least 39 people — an increase of one since Monday — and wounded more than 60 others.

Russian police ‘used drivers as human shield’

Posted by – 10/03/2010

[via bbc.co.uk]]

The incident happened on a major Moscow motorway

Russia has launched a criminal inquiry following claims that traffic police used civilian motorists as a “human shield” to stop suspected criminals.

Several drivers were reportedly ordered to use their cars to form a barrier on a major Moscow motorway last Friday.

A vehicle driven by the suspected robbers smashed through the blockade minutes later and kept going. No-one was hurt but several cars were damaged.

The traffic police commander in charge has already been sacked.