A suicide bombing killed at least 35 people and injured more than 130 in the international arrivals hall of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, the second major terrorist attack in Russia in a year.
Police put the capital’s transport hubs on high alert and said they were stationing additional officers in public spaces to check for unattended baggage and parcels. There were no immediate claims of responsibility but Russian news agencies said authorities were investigating three men from the North Caucasus region in connection with the attack.
There were chaotic scenes at the airport. Clouds of smoke filled the arrivals area as ambulance workers carried wounded people away. Television footage showed a mound of bodies lying on the terminal floor.