Secretary-General condemns deadly terrorist bombing near Moscow subway station

Expressing his dismay at "yet another terrorist attack in the Russian Federation," Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced today's deadly bombing outside an underground railway station in Moscow.

Mr. Annan "condemns in strongest terms this criminal act" and offers his condolences to the Russian people and to the families of the victims, he said in a statement issued by his spokesman at UN Headquarters in New York.

Media reports say at least eight people were killed and many others injured when a car exploded this evening local time near the entrance to the Rizhskaya subway station in the Russian capital.