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The suicide bomber responsible for the terrorist...

On March 29, twin blasts at the Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations occurred during the morning rush hour, leaving 40 people dead and dozens injured.

Sharipova was a 28 year old school teacher from the Russian North Caucasian republic of Dagestan. The report confirmed that she was the wife of Dagestani militant leader, Magomedali Vagapov.

Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported on Monday that Sharipova"s father informed authorities in Dagestan that he recognized one of the attackers in photos distributed on the internet as his daughter.

"My wife and I recognized our daughter immediately," the father said, adding that he and his wife had not known where their daughter was for several days.

"Last time my wife saw our daughter, she was wearing the same red headscarf as in the photo."

According to the paper, Mariam was born in 1982 in Balakhan, a villiage in the Untsukul region of Dagestan. She studied math and psychology and graduated with distinction

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