Deadly blast at Domodedovo Airport: Shock, pain and compassion

Thirty-five people were killed and over 100 injured on January 24 when an explosive device was detonated at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, causing a blast equivalent to 5 kilos of TNT and sending metal fragments flying through the air.

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© RIA Novosti . Valeriy Yarmolenko

The explosion happened at 4:32 p.m. Even the blurred pictures taken on cell phones immediately after the tragedy show how powerful the blast was.

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© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin

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The Federal Security Service explosive experts who arrived at the scene had no doubt the explosion was a terrorist attack.

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© RIA Novosti . Sergei Piatakov

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Ambulances arrived on the scene almost immediately.

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© RIA Novosti . Kirill Kalinnikov

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There was no shortage of doctors but many had difficulty communicating with injured foreigners because they did not speak English.

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© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Utkin

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Security was tightened at Domodedovo Airport; further reports said other Russian airports switched to emergency-level operations.

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© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin

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People tried to storm the entrance.