Domodedovo International Airport bombing
| Domodedovo International Airport bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Terrorism in Russia and Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Domodedovo Airport passenger terminal (2007) | |
| Location | Domodedovo Airport Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
| Date | 24 January 2011 16:32 MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Target | Domodedovo Airport |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
| Deaths | 37 (+1 bomber) |
| Injured | 173 |
| Perpetrators | Caucasus Emirate Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade |
The Domodedovo International Airport bombing was a suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of Moscow's Domodedovo International, in Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, on 24 January 2011.
The bombing killed 37 people and injured 173 others, including 86 who had to be hospitalised. Of the casualties, 31 died at the scene, three later in hospitals, one en route to a hospital, one on 2 February after having been put in a coma, and another on 24 February after being hospitalised in grave condition.
Russia's Federal Investigative Committee later identified the suicide bomber as a 20-year-old from the North Caucasus, and said that the attack was aimed "first and foremost" at foreign citizens.