![]() ![]() ![]() "It's obviously a terrorist act that was planned well in advance in order to cause the deaths of as many people as possible," Medvedev said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday's bombing, but it bore hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region on Russia's southern frontier. He urged officials to develop a system that would provide for "total checks" on people and bags at airports. He ordered the Interior Ministry to recommend transport security officials for dismissal and said authorities found culpable would be held responsible, suggesting they could face prosecution. "It is clear that there is a systemic failure to provide security for people" at Domodedovo, said Medvedev. The bombing darkened Russia's image in a week when Medvedev is due to promote it as an investment destination at a major global forum in Davos, Switzerland. Medvedev lashed out at law enforcement and airport authorities over the attack at Domodedovo, an international hub and major gateway to Russia, which killed at least eight foreigners. ![]() ![]() they must be destroyed on the spot," he said. "We must not stand on ceremony with those who resist. "Everything must be done to find, expose and bring the bandits who committed this crime to court - and the nests of these bandits, however deep they have dug in, must be liquidated," Medvedev told Federal Security Service chiefs. Talking tough a day after the suspected suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport that killed at least 35 people, Medvedev echoed demands that have followed previous attacks blamed on militants from Russia's troubled North Caucasus region. President Dmitry Medvedev ordered investigators on Tuesday to root out the culprits behind a deadly bombing at Russia's busiest airport and threatened sackings over security lapses he said had aided the attack. ![]()
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