On Jan. 24, 2011, a suicide bomber strode into the arrivals hall at Domodedovo Airport, Moscow’s busiest airport, and set off an enormous explosion, leaving bodies strewn in a smoke-filled terminal while bystanders scrambled to get the wounded out on baggage carts.Russian authorities said at least 35 people were killed and 168 injured in the attack.
Federal investigators identified the bomber as a 20-year-old native of the volatile Caucasus region, where Islamist insurgents have been battling for years for a breakaway state.But the country's top investigative body stopped short of naming him, fearing that it would compromise ongoing attempts to identify and arrest the masterminds of the Domodedovo Airport attack on Jan. 24. The blast also wounded 180 people. The victims were mainly Russians, but also included one person each from Britain, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.The violence stemming from the predominantly Muslim Caucasus region originates from two bloody separatist wars in Chechnya in the past 15 years. Federal forces wiped out the large-scale resistance, driving the insurgency into the mountains and into neighboring provinces. The rebels seek an independent Caucasus emirate that adheres to Shariah law.
Kazuya Usui
International Herald Tribune
Moscow Airport Explosion (2011)
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Russia Identifies Airport Bomber as Caucasus Man
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