Monday - January 24, 2011

Bombski!

An explosion ripped through the international section of Moscow’s busiest airport, killing 35 people and wounding 168, officials said. 

The massive blast, with an explosive force of seven kilograms of TNT, was caused by a suicide bomber, Russian officials said.

Sergei Lavochkin, was waiting in the arrivals hall for a friend to arrive from Cuba, when he heard the explosion.

He said he heard a massive bang, saw panels fall from the ceiling, then heard people screaming, and saw people running away.

British Airways passenger Mark Green had just arrived at the airport.  He told BBC television that after the explosion he saw people streaming out of the terminal, some covered in blood. A British citizen and several other foreigners were among the dead, Russian news agencies reported

The LifeNews.ru website said many victims had metal fragments embedded in their bodies and that the explosive device was packed with bolts, nuts, nails and ball bearings.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said U.S. President Barack Obama called the bombing “an outrageous act of terrorism against the Russian people,”

A witness to the massive explosion that killed at least 35 people at Moscow’s busiest airport Monday says he saw a man carrying a flaming suitcase seconds before the blast.

Artyom Zhilenkov, a 35-year-old driver, told The Associated Press he was just a few yards away from the explosion and saw a man who may have been the bomber.

“I saw the suitcase, the suitcase was on fire. So, either the man blew up something, or something went off on the man’s body, or the suitcase went off.” said Zhilenkov, whose clothes were soaked in blood.

“The guy standing next to me was torn to pieces,” he added.

The explosion took place at 4:31pm Moscow time, which is 8:31am in New Jersey.

Video HERE.

Posted by Drew458     on 01/24/2011 at 05:05 PM   
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