Moscow Airport Bomb Kills 31, Injures More Than 130

January 24th, 2011

In other news: Israel Concerned Russia Will Recognize Palestinian State, and then, Dmitry Medvedev Restates Russian Support for Palestinian State.

*boom*

Via: Los Angeles Times:

An apparent terrorist bombing Monday at a crowded arrivals terminal at an airport near Moscow left 31 people dead and more than 130 injured, Russian officials said.

The bomb at Domodedovo International Airport was packed “full of metal pieces” and was the equivalent of between 15 and 22 pounds of TNT, a source in the Russian Investigation Committee told the state RIA Novosti news agency.

Investigation Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Russia 24 television that the blast was a terrorist act and that an investigation had been launched. Interfax news agency reported that law enforcement agencies were looking for three suspects.

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