Blasts in Moscow Subway

1. The blast took place in Moscow at 7:56 March 29 during rush hours.

2. The explosion was so powerful that the carriage was deformed and some of the passengers stuck between its constructions.

3. Rescuers try to comfort a woman who realizes her relative was in subway where blast happened.

4. Journalists work near station where suicide bomber killed dozens of people to deliver first photos to agencies and Internet.

5. 23 people died after terror attack at Lubyanka station.

6. Both Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations are very busy interchange stations, with many people there at any given time, particularly on Monday morning.

7. Subway traffic was blocked after the incident.

8. People were jammed at the station trying to get to safety.

9. The first explosion happened in a carriage at the central Lubyanka underground station at around 8 am.

10. Another blast took place about half an hour later at the Park Kultury station.

11. Both blasts were planned according to similar scheme.

12. Rescuers and police quickly arrived at both scenes.

13. For the most part of the day all train services had been suspended in the affected area of the Moscow Metro system, with security services on high alert.

14. Also, mobile telephone networks in Moscow were overloaded with people trying to reach their loved ones.

15. The blasts were made by two female suicide bombers.

16. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who built much of his political capital by directing a fierce war against Chechen separatists a decade ago, promised to track down and kill the organizers of what he called a "disgusting" crime.

17. In a televised meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, Federal Security Service head Alexander Bortnikov said the remains of the two bombers pointed to a Caucasus connection.

18. "We will continue the fight against terrorism unswervingly and to the end," Medvedev said.

19. First explosion took place right under the notorious headquarters of the Federal Security Service.

20. Passengers streamed out of the stations, many crying and making frantic calls on cell phones. The wounded were put on ambulances and helicopters, some with their heads wrapped in bloody bandages, as sirens wailed. (Denis Sinyakov / Reuters)

21. Bodies of terror attack victims are reflected on the car door at the Park Kultury station. (Tatyana Makeyeva / Reuters)

22. A woman cries after she couldn’t reach her daughter who was at the subway when the blast happened. (Sergei Fadeichev / Reuters)

23. A helicopter lands on Zubovski Boulevard to evacuate terror attack victims. (Vladimir Fedorenko / AFP - Getty Images)

24. Police officers guard Park Kultury station entrance. (Oxana Onipko-AFP/Getty Images)

25. An injured woman is carried to the ambulance car. (AP)

26. Some gypsy cab drivers jacked up their rates for panicky passengers trying to get to work, drawing a harsh rebuke from Orthodox Patriarch Kirill later in the day. "Any desire to profit on the grief of others brings nothing but grief in return," Patriarch Kirill said after a liturgy. (Denis Sinyakov-Reuters)

27. Emergency workers carry a victim to the ambulance car. (AP)

28. At this photo made by watching cameras at the station bodies lay at the pass to Lubyanka station. (AP)

29. Both stations had been scrubbed clean. Holes left by shrapnel in the granite were the only reminder of the day's tragic bombings. (Reuters)

30. The ornate Moscow subway system is the world's second-busiest after Tokyo's, carrying around 7 million passengers on an average workday, and is a key element in running the sprawling and traffic-choked city. (Tatyana Makeyeva-Reuters)