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Domodedovo International Airport bombing
2011 suicide bombing in a Moscow airport / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Domodedovo International Airport bombing was a suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of Moscow's Domodedovo International, in Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, on 24 January 2011.
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Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Terrorism in Russia and Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
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Location | Domodedovo Airport Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
Date | 24 January 2011 16:32 MSK[1] (UTC+03:00) |
Target | Domodedovo Airport |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
Deaths | 37[2] (+1 bomber) |
Injured | 173 |
Perpetrators | Caucasus Emirate Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade[3] |
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The bombing killed 37 people[2] and injured 173 others, including 86 who had to be hospitalised.[4] Of the casualties, 31 died at the scene, three later in hospitals, one en route to a hospital,[5] one on 2 February after having been put in a coma, and another on 24 February after being hospitalised in grave condition.[2]
Russia's Federal Investigative Committee later identified the suicide bomber as a 20-year-old from the North Caucasus, and said that the attack was aimed "first and foremost" at foreign citizens.[6]