MANSUR MIROVALEV
Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW – Russians on Tuesday nervously returned to the subway stations where two suicide bombers killed 39 people, lighting candles and leaving heaps of carnations at one site as the country began a day of mourning.
Monday’s attacks shocked a country that had grown accustomed to such violence being confined to a restive southern corner – and marked the return of terrorism to the everyday lives of Muscovites after a six-year break.
Many have speculated that the blasts, blamed on North Caucasus rebels, were retaliation for the recent killing of separatist leaders in the region by Russian police.