Suicide bomber kills six in Moscow

A SUICIDE bomb attack killed at least six people in the heart of Moscow yesterday, just two days after Russian voters handed President Vladimir Putin an even tighter grip on power.

Politicians said the State Duma, or lower house of parliament, might have been the intended target not the hotel. The attack came shortly before President Vladimir Putin addressed a meeting nearby at the Kremlin, and two days after Russian parliamentary elections.

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said that there was at least one and possibly two female bombers and that they appeared to be lost before the blast, asking directions to the State Duma.