35 dead in blast at busiest Moscow airport
Bkau, January 25 (AZERTAC). A suicide bomber carrying a suitcase walked into Moscow`s busiest airport and set off a huge explosion Monday, killing 35 people and wounding 180.
The international arrivals terminal at Domodedovo Airport was engulfed by smoke and splattered with body parts after the mid-afternoon terror attack sprayed shrapnel, screws and ball bearings at passengers and workers. Hundreds of people were in the loosely guarded area at the time.
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President Dmitry Medvedev immediately ordered authorities to beef up security at Moscow`s two other commercial airports and other key transport facilities. He also canceled plans to fly out Tuesday to Davos, Switzerland, where he was going to promote Russia as a safe, profitable investment haven to world business leaders.
"Attempts were being made to identify" the suspected male suicide bomber, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said, adding that the attacker appeared to have been wearing the explosives in a belt. The bomb was packed with metal objects to cause maximum damage, according to law enforcement authorities.
The Interfax news agency said the head of the suspected bomber had been found.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion, which occurred at 4:32 p.m. (1332 GMT).
Citizens of France, Italy, Slovenia, Germany and Great Britain are among the 35 people killed in the Moscow airport bombing.
Russia Today is reporting that the explosion had the power of 7 kg of TNT and that some eyewitnesses say there were two explosions.
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