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Domodedovo International Airport bombing

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of moscow's domodedovo international”. Today it says “suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of moscow domodedovo airport”.
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2011 suicide bombing in a Moscow airport Part of the First Chechen War , War of Dagestan , Second Chechen War , Insurgency in the North Caucasus , Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus , Islamic terrorism in Europe and Russo-Ukrainian War The Domodedovo International Airport bombing was a suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of Moscow's Domodedovo International , in Domodedovsky District , Moscow Oblast , on 24 January 2011. The bombing killed 37 people and injured 173 others, including 86 who had to be hospitalised. Of the casualties, 31 died at the scene, three later in hospitals, one en route to a hospital, one on 2 February after having been put in a coma, and another on 24 February after being hospitalised in grave condition. Russia's Federal Investigative Committee later identified the suicide bomber as a 20-year-old from the North Caucasus, and said that the attack was aimed "first and foremost" at foreign citizens. "Запутанный чеченский след" . Газета.ru. 25 July 2011.

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suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of moscow's domodedovo international

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suicide bombing in the international arrival hall of moscow domodedovo airport

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