Scores injured in Moscow airport blast

Members of the Federal Security Service work outside Moscow's Domodedovo airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
Members of the Federal Security Service work outside Moscow's Domodedovo airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
Medics wheel a victim of a bomb explosion at Domodedovo airport from an emergency vehicle into the NV Sklifosovsky Scientific Research Institute of First Aid in Moscow. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
Security personnel stand guard outside Moscow's Domodedovo airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
Members of the Federal Security Service work outside Moscow's Domodedovo airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
Police officers watch passengers at Domodedovo airport in Moscow. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: AP
Medics wheel a victim of a bomb explosion at Domodedovo airport from an emergency vehicle into the NV Sklifosovsky Scientific Research Institute of First Aid in Moscow. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
A victim of a bomb explosion is wheeled out by medics at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
Medics wheel a victim of a bomb explosion at Domodedovo airport from an emergency vehicle into the NV Sklifosovsky Scientific Research Institute of First Aid in Moscow. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
A man wounded in a blast is evacuated from Domodedovo airport in Moscow. An explosion ripped through the international arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport, killing dozens of people and wounding scores. The Russian president called it a terror attack. Photo: AP
A victim of a bomb explosion is wheeled out by medics at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
A woman cries while talking on the phone to an acquaintance who is at Domodedovo airport, as she travels by train to the airport from Moscow. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: Reuters
Medics wheel a victim of a bomb explosion at Domodedovo airport from an emergency vehicle into the NV Sklifosovsky Scientific Research Institute of First Aid in Moscow. A suicide bomber killed at least 31 people and injured more than 130 at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, Russia's biggest. Photo: AP

Published Jan 24, 2011

An explosion ripped through the international arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport on Monday, killing at least 31 people and wounding up to 145 as it coated the terminal in blood. The Russian president called it a terror attack. The mid-afternoon explosion at Domodedovo Airport may have been caused by a suicide bomber, the state RIA Novosti news agency reported. Other Russian media reports said the bomb was packed with shrapnel, screws and ball bearings.

The terminal at Domodedovo Airport was engulfed by smoke and splattered with body parts. Amateur video posted on YouTube showed a pile of bodies on the floor, and other bodies scattered around. Luggage lay strewn across the ground and several small fires burned. A dazed man in a suit pushed a baggage cart through the carnage.