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Domodedovo blast carried out by 20-year-old resident of North Caucasus region
January 29, 2011 - 16:46 AMT 12:46 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
The deadly terrorist blast at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on January
24 was carried out by a resident of the North Caucasus region and was
aimed primarily at foreigners, investigators said on Saturday, January
29.
`It was no accident that the terrorist attack took place in the
international arrivals zone,' Investigative Committee spokesman
Vladimir Markin said.
`Investigators believe that it was directed against, in the first
place, foreign nationals,' he added.
He also said that the blast, which killed 35 and injured dozens, was
carried out by a 20-year-old resident of the country's volatile North
Caucasus region.
`Despite the investigation having established the name of the
terrorist, we will not reveal his name today,' Markin went on, adding
that investigators were seeking to detain the organizers of the
attack.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which came
less than 12 months after two female suicide bombers from the North
Caucasus republic of Dagestan attacked the Moscow metro, killing 39.
Markin also said that a number of suspects believed to have been
planning a December 31 attack in the centre of Moscow had now been
taken into custody, while others had been placed on a wanted list.
He also said the suspects had been involved in a December 31 blast at
a hotel room in southeast Moscow. Reports say the blast killed a
would-be suicide bomber who was assembling an explosive device, RIA
Novosti reported.
From: A. Papazian
January 29, 2011 - 16:46 AMT 12:46 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
The deadly terrorist blast at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on January
24 was carried out by a resident of the North Caucasus region and was
aimed primarily at foreigners, investigators said on Saturday, January
29.
`It was no accident that the terrorist attack took place in the
international arrivals zone,' Investigative Committee spokesman
Vladimir Markin said.
`Investigators believe that it was directed against, in the first
place, foreign nationals,' he added.
He also said that the blast, which killed 35 and injured dozens, was
carried out by a 20-year-old resident of the country's volatile North
Caucasus region.
`Despite the investigation having established the name of the
terrorist, we will not reveal his name today,' Markin went on, adding
that investigators were seeking to detain the organizers of the
attack.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which came
less than 12 months after two female suicide bombers from the North
Caucasus republic of Dagestan attacked the Moscow metro, killing 39.
Markin also said that a number of suspects believed to have been
planning a December 31 attack in the centre of Moscow had now been
taken into custody, while others had been placed on a wanted list.
He also said the suspects had been involved in a December 31 blast at
a hotel room in southeast Moscow. Reports say the blast killed a
would-be suicide bomber who was assembling an explosive device, RIA
Novosti reported.
From: A. Papazian