http://sg.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/world/afp/ Tuesday, August 8 10:16 PM SGT Several people injured in central Moscow blast: Interfax MOSCOW, Aug 8 (AFP) - Several people were injured Tuesday when a blast tore through a street underpass in central Moscow, Russian news agencies reported. It was not immediately clear if anyone died in the blast, which ITAR-TASS reported was caused by an explosive device. The blast ripped through an underpass in the city's central Pushkin Square. ============================================================================== Tuesday, August 8 11:20 PM SGT Another bomb defused on Moscow's central Pushkin Square MOSCOW, Aug 8 (AFP) - Police defused a second explosive device only minutes after a bomb killed at least eight people on central Moscow's Pushkin Square, Interfax reported. Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov told Interfax that at least eight people were killed and 22 others injured in the blast, which struck only a few blocks down the street from the Kremlin and Red Square. ============================================================================== Tuesday, August 8 11:57 PM SGT Moscow prosecutors probing blast as terrorist act MOSCOW, Aug 8 (AFP) - Moscow prosecutors probing the deadly blast late Tuesday in central Moscow are treating it as a terrorist act, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov said, cited by Interfax news agency. He said that he had no doubts that terrorism was to blame for the explosion, the deadliest since a series of blasts killed hundreds of people last autumn in Moscow, blamed on Chechen guerrillas. Seven people died in the blast in a crowded underpass at the height of rush hour in Moscow's central Pushkin Square, according to a revised casualty toll issued by the Russian emergencies ministry. Officials had originally put the number of dead at eight people. Officers from the Federal Security Service (FSB,ex-KGB) and the interior ministry were conducting an inquiry at the scene, Luzhkov said. ============================================================================== Putin calls emergency security meeting following Moscow blast MOSCOW, Aug 8 (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin convened Tuesday an emergency meeting of his top security and defense ministers after a central Moscow blast that killed at least seven people, Interfax reported. The meeting was attended by Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo, Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev, the deputy head of Russia's Federal Security Service (ex-KGB) Vladimir Pronichev, and Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu. The latest toll report from the Pushkin Square blast said at least seven people were killed and 53 others injured in the explosion. ============================================================================== Wednesday, August 9 1:40 AM SGT Muscovites in shock, accuse Chechens of staging deadly blast MOSCOW, Aug 8 (AFP) - Muscovites were gripped by shock and anxiety Tuesday as terrorism returned to the Russian capital when a powerful blast rocked through a city centre underpass, killing at least seven people. "We are in shock. It must be an act of vengeance by the Chechens," trembled Lyudmilla Malygina, a salesgirl who was tending her stall in the underground passage in Pushkin Square when the explosion struck. "I am afraid to take the Metro. The police don't have the time to check everything and there could be explosives," said Yekaterina Domenichinova, her eyes staring blankly. "All this is taking place in broad daylight and right in the centre of the capital. Anyone could have been there," said student Yelena, in a terrorized voice. Among the crowd massed outside the scene of the blast, anxious people phoned to get news of their family and friends. A woman wandered around desperately searching for her sister who worked in the underpass. "It's a miracle I stayed alive. All their promises of security mean nothing," said Tatiana Mikhailova, an actress and theatre director. "There is no doubt that the Chechens are behind this terrorist act. It's stupid knowing the psychology of these people to intervene in their republic. So many people have died because that began again," she protested. A blast in the centre of Moscow on August 31 last year marked the first in a series of terrorist acts that killed 293 people in Russia. These bombings, blamed on Chechen rebels, prompted Russia to launch a massive "anti-terrorist" operation in the rebellious republic, in the second war in the region since the disastrous 1994-1996 conflict. Chechnya's separatist president Aslan Maskhadov denied any rebel involvement in the Pushkin Square blast. "As long as peace is not concluded in Chechnya, terrorist acts will continue," Mikhailova said. "The Russian actions in Chechnya are provoking the Chechens to retaliate. They are responding to the violence of the Russian soldiers in Chechnya, to the death of Chechen civilians," explained businessman Alexander Pravkov. "We have to put an end to this war," he added firmly. This attitude marked a sharp contrast from last autumn, when the Russian population massively backed the Russian crackdown in the rebel republic. Hatred of the people from the Caucasus gripped pensioner Leonid Nitko. "I don't know who is behind this explosion but we have to get rid of all the Caucausians in Moscow, the Azerbaijanis, and the Chechens who bring us back luck," he spluttered. Members of the ultra-nationalist party of Vladimir Zhirinovsky staged an anti-Chechen protest two hours after the blast. "A good Chechen is a dead Chechen," one of their posters proclaimed. ============================================================================== Wednesday, August 9 1:43 AM SGT At least eight killed in central Moscow bomb blast MOSCOW, Aug 8 (AFP) - At least eight people were killed Tuesday when a blast tore through a crowded central Moscow underpass only blocks away from the Kremlin and Red Square. Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov said he thought the explosion may have been the work of Chechen rebels, adding that investigators were treating the incident as a terrorist act. The 6:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) blast was set off by a bomb packed with 1.5 kilograms (about three pounds) of TNT, according to a preliminary report issued by the Federal Security Service (FSB, ex-KGB). Both Moscow deputy mayor Alexander Muzykantsky and interior ministry spokesman Yevgeny Ryabtsev said eight people died in the explosion. However FSB deputy director Vladimir Pronichev put the death toll at seven. Moscow's ambulance service said that 53 people were also hurt in the rush-hour incident. President Vladimir Putin hastily convened an emergency meeting of his top security and defense ministers and said Russia had been "shaken" by the explosion. "With all my heart, I express my condolences to those who were injured and to the relatives of those who died in the blast in the center of the capital," Putin said in a statement issued by the Kremlin. "This explosion has deeply shaken Russia," said Putin, calling the blast a "terrible tragedy". Guerrillas from the rebellious North Caucasus province have repeatedly warned Moscow that they intended to intensify their recent bombing campaign unless Russian forces ended their 10-month offensive in Chechnya. However the office of separatist President Aslan Maskhadov immediately disassociated him from the blast. "Neither the regular Chechen forces, nor special services, nor the warlords have anything to do with the explosion on Pushkin Square," said Maskadov in a statement passed to an AFP correspondent in Ingushetia, neighboring Chechnya. The blast was Moscow's most deadly since two explosions last September killed hundreds of civilians in the capital, and led to Russia's invasion of Chechnya. Security in Moscow has been tight for weeks, authorities fearing that the rebels would strike on the one year anniversary of the return of hostilities in the region. Last August, hundreds of rebels from Chechnya staged two deadly incursions into the tiny neighboring republic of Dagestan. Tuesday's explosion on Tverskaya street went off during heavy rush hour traffic. "We first heard a powerful explosion, like a bang. The lights went out and people started to cry for help," said witness Raisa Beletskaya, 46, her hair covered with ash and her clothes soaked in blood. The blast's power tore clothes off some of those who were injured. Several rescue workers were so shaken by what they found in the underpass -- which was quickly sealed off -- that they leaned against their fire trucks and covered their faces with towels. Deputy Moscow Mayor Alexander Muzikantsky told journalists at the scene that several bodies have not yet been recovered from the passageway. The underpass is lined with shopping stalls and vending tables, and connects three major Moscow metro stations. Massive plumes of smoke poured out onto the street from the underpass for hours. Moments after the explosion dozens of people, some of them screaming and their faces blackened and covered in blood, streamed out on to the street in panic. Many were too shaken to speak. Police and city officials later denied another Interfax report that a second bomb was defused an hour after the explosion on the same square. *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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