AT LEAST 23 DEAD, 130 INJURED AFTER MOSCOW AIRPORT BLAST

2011-01-24 21:40:41 GMT+7 (ICT)

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- Death toll from suicide attack at Moscow airport rises to 23, at least 130 injured.

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INTERFAX: BLAST AT DOMODEDOVO OCCURRED IN LOUNGE AREA NEAR ASIA CAFE, NOT IN CUSTOMS AREA - FTS

BBC: Russian media now reporting that at least 31 people were killed and 130 injured in bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, from AFP

CNN: BREAKING: 31 killed in Moscow airport, 100+ injured after detonation of device. Security hightened in city

Interfax: sources telling the agency the bomb at the airport had the power of 7kg of TNT

Interfax: 50 ambulances rushed to Domodedovo, at least 20 of 130 injured in critical condition

Interfax: Planes bound for Domodedovo landing at Sheremetyevo

INTERFAX: THREE MEN WANTED ON SUSPICION OF PLOTTING EXPLOSION AT DOMODEDOVO AIRPORT - SOURCE

(Reuters) - At least 31 people were killed and more than 100 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing at Russia's biggest airport, Russian news agencies reported.

Reuters

-- Reuters 1/24/2011

RT TV reports Domodedovo airport is being closed. -- BNO News

UPDATE: Suicide bomber kills dozens at Moscow airport

Mon Jan 24 2011 22:01:03 GMT+0700 (ICT) by BNO News

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) — A suicide bomber killed more than 30 people at Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday afternoon, officials said, prompting a major security alert in the Russian capital.

The blast at Domodedovo International Airport happened at around 4.40 p.m. local time in a lounge area near the airport’s Asia Cafe, but few details were immediately available. Russian news agencies said the blast was caused by a suicide bomber.

Russia’s Ministry of Health said the blast at the airport killed at least 31 people, while more than 130 others were injured. Their conditions were not immediately known.

As a result of the explosion, Moscow police went on a high security alert and were checking the Moscow subway and other Moscow airports to prevent any other attacks. Flights were resuming at Domodedovo Airport, although some were delayed.

On March 29, 2010, at least 40 people were killed and 102 others were injured when two women blew themselves up at two Moscow Metro stations. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Moscow in years.

-- 2011-01-24

Passengers from Ukraine, Egypt, Belgium, Greece, the UK, Cuba and from Germany may have been in the area of the blast. -- BNO News

Planes from Dusseldorf, Odesa, London landed shortly before explosion in Moscow, interfax says

Interfax says source tells them suicide bomber was 'presumably from the North Cacasus". Anti terror unit at airport says evidence of at least two explosions.

Russia's Medvedev steps up security, vows to punish those behind attack which killed at least 31 and injured over 100