Suicide Bomber May Blow Russia Off Limits

Artists worried about going to Israel because of terrorist attacks may soon start having the same feeling about Russia, after a about three dozen people were reported killed and more than 150 injured in a suicide bomb blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport Jan. 24.

First reports suggest a bomb was detonated in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo, the busiest of the city’s three airports.
Tatyana Morozova, an official with the Russian investigative committee, told Interfax news agency the blast happened in the baggage claim area.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev immediately ordered a security clampdown at all the country’s transport hubs.

U.S. State Department spokesman David Siefkin told Fox News that to his knowledge, no U.S. citizens were injured in the incident, but he said officials were monitoring the situation.

Planes from Dusseldorf, Odessa and London landed at the airport shortly before the attack. Arrivals and departures continued after the explosion.

British Midland Airways confirmed that one of its flights landed in Moscow just before the blast and said all its crew had been contacted and accounted for.

Local news services are reporting security sources said the blast was probably set off by a suicide bomber from the country’s turbulent North Caucasus region.