Female suicide bombers kill 34 in Moscow subway

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.

Emergency Ministry spokeswoman Veronika Smolskaya said 22 people were killed in the first blast, at Lubyanka station in central Moscow. The station is underneath the building which houses the main offices of the Federal Security Service, the KGB’s main successor agency.