Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin pledged that the city government would pay 2 million rubles ($67,000) in compensation to the families of those killed in Monday’s blast at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.
Preliminary reports suggest a bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber as passengers arrived at Domodedovo airport’s international arrivals gate at 4:40 p.m. (13:40 GMT).
According to latest data issued by the Russian Health Ministry, over 30 people were killed and 168 injured.
Each of those severely wounded will receive 1.5 million rubles ($50,300) and people with lesser injuries will receive 1 million rubles ($33,500) each, Sobyanin said.
MOSCOW, January 24 (RIA Novosti)
