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1/24/2011

Deadly blast at Moscow airport

At least 10 people reportedly killed in a suspected suicide blast in the Russian capital's busiest commercial airport.

At least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured in a blast at Domodedovo airport in Moscow, the Russian capital, local media have reported.

According to Russian news agencies the blast occured on Monday afternoon inside the airport's international arrivals hall near the baggage area.

"Today at 4:32 pm (1332 GMT) an explosion went off in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo airport," the Russian investigative committee said in a statement.

Unnamed security officials have suggested a suicide bomber could be behind the blast and some agencies have put the death toll as high as 20.
Neave Barker, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Moscow, said the airport lies in the southeast of Moscow and is the busiest of the city's three commercial airports.
"It's usually very very busy in there ... This is a deadly target for this attack," he said.

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