TERRORIST ATTACK IN MOSCOW AIR PORT

Dmitry Medvedev

    At least 35 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a suicide bombing at Moscow's largest air port on Monday 25th January,2011. the terrorist set off a powerful bomb in a crowd near a cafe in the arrival section of the Domodedovo air port. The place is rather congested, typically packed to capacity by people meeting their friends and relatives.
    Russia's Investigative Committee confirmed that it was a terrorist attack. Many of the wounded were in a critical condition. President Dimitry Medvedev called terrorism Russia's top security threat. He said 110 people admitted to hospital,32 were in grave condition and three were critical. Eight foreigners died in the attack,including nationals of Britain, Germany,Bulgaria and some former soviet states.
   A report said the Domodedovo bomber could belong to a group of terrorists who arrived in Moscow on new year eve. A women member of the group died in an accidental blast in a Moscow sports club on December 31 that went largely unnoticed    ( Ref: Hindu:Jan26-2011)

Prof.John Kurakar