the terrorist act , '' the committee said . The woman 's father , Rasul Magomedov , was flown to Moscow to identify the remains of what was believed to be his daughter , an investigative committee official told CNN on condition of anonymity . Magomedov 's account and forensic analyses left no doubt that the body was that of Sharipova , the official said . Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported Sunday in an exclusive article that Magomedov had identified his daughter in a photograph that was published on the Internet last week . The photograph was described as that of a dead unidentified suicide bomber of the Lubyanka metro station . Magomedov was sent the photograph on his mobile phone , the newspaper said . `` My wife and I have immediately recognized our daughter , Maryam , '' Magomedov told the newspaper in the article , which was reprinted across Russian media . `` When my wife had seen our daughter last , she had been wearing that same red scarf that is depicted on the photograph , '' he said . `` We did n't know her whereabouts ... '' Magomedov said he 'd seen his
Moscow , Russia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russian investigators have identified the second suicide bomber in last week 's fatal Moscow subway attacks as Maryam Sharipova , a 28-year-old schoolteacher from Dagestan , authorities said Tuesday . Sharipova was born in the village of Balakhani , in Dagestan , a predominantly Muslim republic that lies beside Chechnya , in southern Russia , the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor 's Office told CNN . Like Chechnya , Dagestan has been troubled for years by radical Islamic violence . The committee said it identified Sharipova through forensic medical examinations . Sharipova and another female bomber , Dzhennet Abdullayeva , detonated their explosives about 40 minutes apart on the morning of March 29 . The blasts ripped through the Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations in central Moscow , killing 40 people and wounding more than 80 . An estimated 500,000 people were riding trains in the capital at the time of the attacks . Sharipova triggered a homemade explosive device at Lubyanka subway station , the investigative committee said . Russian law enforcement bodies are continuing their `` investigative and operational search actions to determine and arrest the organizers and masterminds behind