MOSCOW — 2011 · Suspicious Death

The Domodedovo Airport Bombing

SolvedSources: ALast updated: 14 October 2026

At 16:32 on 24 January 2011 a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo, Moscow's busiest airport. The attack killed 37 people including the bomber and injured more than 170; foreign nationals were among the dead. The bomber was a 20-year-old from Ingushetia in the North Caucasus. On 8 February 2011 Doku Umarov, leader of the Caucasus Emirate, said in a video that he had ordered the attack. In November 2013 four defendants were convicted in Moscow, three of them receiving life sentences.

Date: 2011
Place: Domodedovo Airport, Russia, Moscow, RU
Category: Suspicious Death
Case Status: Solved
Coordinates: 55.4088, 37.9063 ↗

Timeline of Events

24 January 2011A suicide bombing hit the arrivals hall; 37 died.
January 2011President Medvedev ordered tighter security at transport hubs.

8 February 2011Doku Umarov claimed responsibility.
November 2013Four defendants were convicted; three got life.

Sources

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