Terrorist attack at Moscow Domodedovo Airport

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Moscow Domodedovo Airport

The terrorist attack at Moscow Domodedovo Airport occurred on January 24, 2011 at 4:32 p.m. Moscow time . The suicide attack killed 36 people and injured another 152 people, 58 of whom had to be hospitalized.

Possible perpetrators

A few hours after the explosion , a manhunt was issued for three suspects. Security circles and terrorism experts assumed that the attack is related to the conflict in the North Caucasus . According to the police, the explosive device was brought to the scene by two people. Both people, a man and a woman, were killed in the explosion. According to Vladimir Putin , the perpetrators cannot be linked to Chechnya .

On January 29, Russian authorities reported that the suicide bomber had been identified. It was a 20-year-old from the North Caucasus . Further details of the perpetrator were not given in order not to endanger the further investigation. The masterminds and accomplices are still wanted.

On February 5, the Interfax agency announced that the conspirators were, according to the authorities, three men from the village of Ali-Yurt in Ingushetia . These are said to have left the village a few days before the attack and traveled to Moscow. Arrest warrants were issued. A few days later, the Chechen rebel leader Doku Khamatovich Umarov assumed political responsibility for the attack.

On February 9, the Russian security authorities arrested the brother and sister of the alleged assassin Magomed Evlojew and one other person. The suspects are said to have helped prepare the attack.

Victim

According to the Slovakian Embassy in Moscow, the Slovak actress Zuzana Fialová was injured by the Slovak National Theater . The 29-year-old Ukrainian theater director and playwright Anna Jablonskaja was also killed in the attack . One of the British victims was Gordon Cousland, 39, an analyst and board member of the British company CACI . According to the authorities, among the dead were three citizens of Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and two British citizens, a German and two Austrians. The German victim was a 34-year-old business economist from the Vaillant Group in Cologne. The Austrian victims are a 49-year-old Viennese woman and a 42-year-old woman from Linz who is employed by Bene AG and who was on the victim lists for some time as a Bulgarian due to his dual citizenship .

Reactions

Russia's then President Dmitri Anatolyevich Medvedev ordered the security forces at traffic hubs across the country to be on the alert. After the attack, the MICEX fell two percent on the stock exchange . Medvedev also moved his departure for the meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Davos to a later date. He canceled his planned opening speech.

Rawil Gainutdin , chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia , said: "Innocent people have been killed and doctors are fighting for the lives of the victims in the hospitals"; the perpetrators would go to hell .

International reactions

  • NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was shocked: I deeply condemn this appalling act . Terrorism is a common threat that we must face together ... NATO expresses its solidarity with the Russian people and the government.
  • US President Barack Obama called the attack a deliberate attack against innocent civilians. Obama underlined the solidarity of the United States with Russia. We share your grief and stand by your side in our common fight against those who use terrorism for political ends.
  • The President of the European Parliament , Jerzy Buzek , was shocked. Terrorism and violence can never be justified. EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso called the suicide attack pathetic .
  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the suicide attack: It was a deplorable act against innocent people and expressed his deepest condolences to the families concerned.

Flight operations

The incoming flights were diverted to the other Moscow airports Vnukowo and Sheremetyevo immediately after the attack . According to Interfax , the airport was reopened after a 20-minute interruption.

See also

Web links

 Wikinews: Bloodbath at Moscow Domodedovo Airport by bomb attack  - News
Commons : Domodedovo International Airport bombing 2011  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moscow Airport: "Bin Laden Russia" is committed to attack - abroad - FOCUS Online - news. In: focus.de. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011 ; Retrieved July 24, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Domodedovo blast: Explosion rocks Moscow's main airport . In: BBC , BBC, January 24, 2011.  
  3. ↑ 31 человек погиб и 130 пострадали при взрыве в Домодедово . In: ITAR-TASS , ITAR-TASS, January 24, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Число жертв теракта выросло до 35 . In: Life News , Life News, Jan. 24, 2011.  
  5. ↑ Útok v Moskve zranil slovenskú herečku a zabil desiatky ľudí (Slovak) , SME . January 24, 2011. 
  6. ↑ "It's horrific". In: sueddeutsche.de. January 25, 2011, accessed July 3, 2018 .
  7. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.news.de
  8. ^ Two terrorists involved in Domodedovo blast, both killed - source (Update 1) (English) , RIA Novosti . January 25, 2011. 
  9. ^ No talks with terrorists - Putin (English) , RIA Novosti . January 26, 2011. 
  10. ↑ Attack on Moscow airport: 20-year-old Caucasian identified as a suicide bomber
  11. ↑ Moscow airport bomber came from Ingushetia. In: ORF . February 6, 2011, accessed February 7, 2011 .
  12. ^ Rebel leader from Chechnya pledges to attack Focus Online, February 8, 2010
  13. ^ Attack on Moscow airport: three arrests. In: ORF . February 9, 2011, accessed February 9, 2011 .
  14. ↑ Словацкая актриса ранена при взрыве в Домодедово ( Russian ) RIA Novosti . Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  15. ↑ Одной из жертв теракта в "Домодедово" стала драматург Анна Яблонская
  16. ^ Brit Victim Of Moscow Bomb Was Due To Marry
  17. ↑ Предварительный список погибших, составленный по обнаруженным документам ( memento of the original from January 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has not yet been checked automatically. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mchs.gov.ru
  18. ^ At least six foreigners named as airport blast victims
  19. ↑ Authorities confirm: German among victims in Domodedowo
  20. ↑ Moscow: An Austrian among the victims
  21. ^ Moscow assassination attempt Cologne (34) died in a terrorist attack
  22. ↑ Moscow Airport: Second Austrian Terror Victim
  23. ↑ Sad certainty: Austrians killed in attack
  24. ↑ a b Live: Moscow airport explosion , BBC News. January 24, 2011. 
  25. ↑ a b c +++ live ticker +++: Worldwide mourning for the victims of the attack . Focus . Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  26. ↑ Airport bombers will go to hell - Council of Muftis
  27. ↑ Russian authorities: Terrorist bombing at Moscow airport kills 35 . CNN . Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  28. ↑ a b Many dead in Moscow's Domodedovo airport . FAZ . Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  29. ↑ Attack on Russia's largest airport - 35 dead . Reuters . Retrieved January 24, 2011.