“Female suicide bombers detonated explosions that rocked two subway stations in central Moscow during rush hour on Monday morning, killing at least 35 people, officials said.

‘It was a terrorist act carried out by the female suicide bombers,’ said Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, citing Russia’s intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service. ‘They were specifically timed — for … the train was nearing the station — to make the most damage.

‘The blast was caused by 300 to 400 grams of explosives,’ he said.