Bombing shocks Moscow airport

Heavy smoke, bloody floor, scattered bodies ... Two hours after the powerful blast that killed 35 people and injured 180 others at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday afternoon, all these horrible images were still reminding survivors and eyewitnesses of the nightmare they just experienced.

It was the second deadly terrorist bombing that hit the Russian capital within less than a year. Initial reports said that the explosion happened at 4:32 pm Moscow time (1332 GMT) in Domodedovo Airport's luggage reclaim zone at the international arrivals terminal.

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The attacker detonated his explosives as he drove by the main entrance to the Vladikavkaz market, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry.

At least 17 people, including the suicide bomber, were killed and 133 were wounded in the explosion, said Alexander Pogorely of the Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in southern Russia. He said 87 of the injured were hospitalized, many in grave condition.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to capture the "bastards" who organized the bombing, Russian news agencies reported.

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Russia's Domodedovo Int'l Airport

Russia's Domodedovo International Airport was struck by a suicide bombing Monday which killed at least 35 people and injured 180 others.

The following are some key facts about the airport.

Located southeast of Moscow, Domodedovo airport is one of the largest airports in terms of cargo and passenger traffic in Russia.

The airport, which was built in 1957 and put into operation in 1964, developed into an international airport in 1992.

It has two runways on which all kinds of airplanes can land, including the Airbus A380 superjumbos. According to statistics published by Domodedovo airport, currently 77 airlines offer regular flights to Domodedovo, including 36 foreign, 29 Russian and 12 air carriers from the Commonwealth of Independent States countries.

Flights from Domodedovo cover 241 national and international routes, 92 of them exclusively for the Moscow region.

Domodedovo airport is the busiest airport in Russia. In 2010, the number of passengers reached 22.254 million, 19.2 percent higher than the previous year.

Major terrorist attacks in Moscow since 2000

A terrorist bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport Monday killed at least 35 people and injured over 130 others.

The following are major terror attacks in Moscow since 2000:

-- On Aug 8, 2000, a bomb exploded in an underpass at Pushkinskaya Station in the center of the capital, killing 13 and injuring more than 90.

-- On July 5, 2003, several explosions occurred one after another at a rock concert held at Tushino Airport, northwest of Moscow, killing at least 16 and injuring 100.

-- On Feb 6, 2004, a male suicide bomber blew himself up in a running subway train on the Zamoskvoretskaya line in Moscow, killing 41 and leaving over 100 injured.

-- On Aug 31, 2004, a woman blew herself up near Rizhskaya subway station, causing more than 60 casualties.

-- On Aug 21, 2006, a self-made bomb exploded at Moscow's Cherkizovsky Market, killing 11, including two children, and injuring 55.

-- On Aug 13, 2007, a luxury Nevski Express train traveling between Moscow and St. Petersburg was blown up by a self-made bomb planted under the rails. At least 60 people were injured.

-- On Nov 27, 2009, four cars of the same train derailed as a result of a bomb explosion, killing 27 and leaving over 100 wounded.

-- On March 29, 2010, two blasts happened in the Moscow subway stations Lubyanka and Park Kultury, killing 40 and injuring over 90.

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