Early Monday afternoon, a bomb exploded and tore up the arrivals hall of a Moscow Area Airport, filling the hall with smoke and flames. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has said he believes, amid early reports, that the explosion was an act of terrorism. Many people were wounded, and at least 20 are now in critical condition. Authorities are diverting all air traffic heading to the airport to other nearby airports, and security measures are being heightened at all airports in the Moscow Area. Authorities say they believe the bomb was located in someone's luggage. This is not the first act of terrorism to strike the Domodedovo Airport, though. In 2004, suicide bombers boarded a plane departing from the Airport and blew up the plane in mid-air. These occurrences have brought into question the standard of security at the airport. Terrorism at airports has been all over the news in recent years, and as more attacks happen, security gets heightened. This problem has caused international upcry from travellers who are annoyed by the extra time it takes to travel these days.
As far as other acts of terrorism in the country - last year, blasts in the Moscow subway killed 39 and injured another 60.
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