Moscow Airport Bombing Kills 31

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 24, 2011

BBC News reports:

Moscow's Domodedovo airport has been rocked by a bomb explosion, with officials saying that at least 31 people have been killed.

More than 100 people were injured by the blast, which reports suggest was the work of a suicide bomber.

Russia's chief investigator said terrorists were behind the attack. President Dmitry Medvedev vowed they would be tracked down.

The airport is 40km (25 miles) south-east of the city centre.

In the aftermath of the blasts, Mr Medvedev ordered increased security across Russia's capital, its airports and other transport hubs, and called an emergency meeting with top officials.

He also postponed his planned departure for this week's World Economic Forum at Davos.

BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said immediate suspicion about Monday's attack would fall on militants from the Caucasus region.

Last March the Russian capital's underground system was rocked by two female suicide bombers from Russia's volatile Dagestan region, who detonated their explosives on the busy metro system during rush hour, killing 40 people and injuring more than 80.

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