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The Moscow Attack and Airport Security
The Jan. 24, 2011, bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport
killed 35 people and injured more than 160. The attack occurred at
approximately 4:40 p.m. as passengers from several arriving
international flights were leaving the airport after clearing
immigration and customs. The attacker (or attackers; reports are still
conflicting over whether the attack was conducted by a man or a man and a
woman together) entered the international arrival hall of the airport, a
part of the facility that is outside the secure area and that is
commonly packed with crowds of relatives and taxi and limo drivers
waiting to meet travelers.
Once the attacker was in the midst of the waiting crowd and exiting
passengers, the improvised explosive device that he (or she) carried was
detonated. It is not clear at this point whether the device was command
detonated by the attacker as a traditional suicide bomb or if the
device was remotely detonated by another person. The attack was most
likely conducted by Islamist militants from Russia’s Northern Caucuses
region who have conducted a long series of attacks in Russia, including
the Aug. 24, 2004, suicide bombings that destroyed two Russian
airliners. Read more »
