There were scenes of carnage at Domodedovo airport in southern Moscow Monday as corpses were stretchered out of the smoke-filled arrivals area after the blast, the latest deadly attack in the capital after the March metro bombings.
Describing the attack as an act of terror, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chaired an emergency meeting of top officials and ordered a special security regime across the country's main airports and railway stations.
Scene: Carnage returns to Moscow
Global leaders strongly condemned the blast. US President Barack Obama used the word "outrageous," German Chancellor Angela Merkel called it "cowardly" and Spain slammed what it said was a "vile terrorist act".
"We should never allow the terrorists to win," British Prime Minister David Cameron said, while Australia branded the bombing a "terrible atrocity".
"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.
Airport spokeswoman Elena Galanova said that the bombing took place in a freely accessible public area of the airport where passengers meet relatives after passing through customs.
At least 35 people were killed, she said, a figure confirmed by the investigative committee. At least 130 were wounded, the health ministry said in a statement. It said that of the wounded, 20 were in a serious condition.
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