BERLIN

Flags flew at half-mast on government buildings and at the Kremlin as a day of national mourning for the victims of the Moscow tube blasts began.

At least 34 people were killed and more than 25 injured when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on subway trains during the morning rush-hour in Moscow, Russian officials said.

Two explosions blasted Moscow’s underground system this morning as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 25, emergency officials said.