Russia announces special security regime

Russia announces special security regime after airport blast

Russia announced a special security regime across its transport hubs after Moscow airport bomb attack.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hasordered a special security regime across the country’s transport hubsfollowing a Moscow airport bomb attack.

By 9 pm ofJan. 24 (local time), at least 35 people were killed and 168 otherinjured, including two foreigners, in a suicide bombing at Domodedovointernational airport .

The blast took place at 4.40 pm ofJan. 24. Meanwhile a Vietnam Airlines flight from Ho Chi Minh City toMoscow was about to land at 5.30 pm the same day. To date, there isno information relating to Vietnamese passengers’ casualty.

However,after the explosion, Russian relevant agencies had decided to askVietnam Airlines’ and other countries’ flights to move toSheremetievo and Vnukovo airports for taking off and landing.

PresidentMedvedev also ordered relevant agencies to recover the blast’saftermath, including giving emergency aid and assistance to injuredpeople.

The President canceled his tour of Davos to attend the World Economic Forum planned for this week.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin directed Russian officials andrelated agencies to conduct emergency measures to help families ofdeath and injured people.

The Interfax news agency saidinvestigators found the head of a 30-35 year-old Arabian man, who wasthought suspected bomber of the attack.

Earlier, Russian security agencies had received a warn of an attack to a Moscow airport.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Jan. 24 strongly condemned thesuicide bombin at Domodedovo airport while Secretary General of theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation Aders Fogh Rasmussen showed its“solidarity” to Russia .

The same day, leaders of the US,UK, France, Bulgaria, Germany, Egypt, Jordan, Canada andAustralia strongly condemned the cruel bombing.

Together with Sheremetievo, Domodedovo is one of the two largestinternational airport in Moscow. In 2010, the airport carried 22.3million passengers.

The Jan. 24 suicide bombing at theairport is considered the largest ever from the beginning of the yearand the second one after a bomb attack on the Moscow metro on March 29,2010, which killed 40 people and injured more than 100 others./.

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