Was Russia warned about deadly airport attack?
Russian authorities are facing questions over security lapses after a deadly suicide bomb killed 35 people and injured 100 in the arrivals lounge of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport yesterday.
It was claimed that authorities had received a detailed warning about an attack at the airport a week ago
Police are hunting three men believed to be the suicide bomber’s accomplices.
Many of the victims appeared to be taxi drivers and those waiting to meet friends and family outside the airport’s arrivals hall.
Foreigners – including two Britons – are among the dead.
A British Airways flight touched down less than an hour before the explosion and passengers were making their way through the baggage hall and immigration. A BMI flight with 97 passengers on-board landed minutes before the explosion.
Domodedovo Airport is Russia’s largest airport in terms of passenger numbers and takes flights from international airlines including British Airways, Lufthansa and Swiss.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered increased security across Russia’s capital, its airports and other transport hubs.
The attack comes less than a year after two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow’s metro, killing 40 people.
In 2004, two female suicide bombers bribed their way onto two passenger planes at Domodedovo airport which they later destroyed, killing 90.
By Ian Jarrett
Ian Jarrett
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