By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
demanded tightened security across the country after the Monday morning bomb blasts in the Moscow subway.
“It is difficult to prevent such terrorist attacks and to provide security on transport,” the president said. “It is necessary to tighten what we do, to look at the problem on a national scale, not only relating to a certain populated area but on a national scale. Obviously, what we have done before is not enough.”
The first blast took place at 7.52 a.m. at the Lubyanka station close to the Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters, killing at least 23 people and injuring 18.
The second blast occurred about 40 minutes later at the nearby Park Kultury station, within walking distance of the Kremlin. The blast left at least 12 people dead and 15 injured.