all right here with our two you are coming to you live from the heart of the russian capital breaking news this hour at least thirty one people killed by a terrorist explosion. that is the busiest airport in the country it's one of three here in the moscow city region around one hundred thirty people have been hurt by the blast in the luggage collection area of the international arrivals hall police say one or possibly several suicide bombers could be to blame dozens of emotion she teams and psychologists working at the scene the russian president dmitri medvedev has ordered extra security to be put in place and all of moscow's airport and

railway stations now despite the chaos planes are continuing to land and. now let's get some more details on this here there's a developing fluid situation here coming to you live from out see this is breaking news. and let's cross over now to also you. know we seeing reaction across the capital to the terrorist attack at this point what can you tell us well people are extremely concerned and many people i've spoken to are trying desperately trying to reach a lot of the ones i just got a call from a friend from australia who was extremely concerned that something may have happened to me or my friends and i know that many many people here in russia and abroad are trying to reach their loved ones to see if they are ok but you know as it often happens a tragedy like these can bring out bastien people it can also bring out the worst in people and the latest news we're hearing from. my data is really hard braking but it is what it is and we're hearing that some of the taxi drivers

working at the airport actually have actually inflated their rates up to twenty thousand rubles that's roughly seven hundred dollars to get to moscow and. you can understand that there are some scalpers just trying to turn their back on somebody trying to do but again it's very hard breaking to hear these tragedies it will not miss this. that is not the sort of united body but most of the services and most of the people i've spoken to are really trying to assess the situation in every way they can be also hearing that some of the commuter trains that are. operating between the airport and the center of moscow now is tearing that passengers real charge trying to get as many people from the airport when the blast took place it was at some of the be easiest of hours and they were so many thousands of people at the airport and that is one of the reasons why the death toll is so high some of

the i with this is also told us that immediately after the blast the smoke was still think that it was very difficult to conduct death so we cannot exclude the chance that the death toll may actually rise even further. we've got the latest numbers here are thirty one killed one hundred thirty injured. from it are you saying absolutely this was a terrorist attack police say at least one suicide bomber. as we just heard the russian president dmitri medvedev addressing other media on the public just really minutes ago saying that increased security measures will be implemented. in metro stations as you were saying we know that. the governor are on their way to what can you tell us about because i understand the port is having to handle influx of planes that have suspected me being in a whole ring circulating pattern right above us here in the center of moscow.

handling i would imagine extra security and extra airplanes and passengers well enough to capacity well it's difficult to say that at this point but i know that don my debtor is the major international mostly deals with international flights shadowmancer airport which is the second largest airport in russia. also with international flights but it's primarily resume. for domestic flights and it's been recently renovated so i assume it has the capacity to accommodate all those flights and passengers but i wouldn't be surprised if it was chaotic at this point because as you can imagine people are there is there is a large number of number of people in flights coming in and there is also in a large number of passengers who are extremely worried that something like this could happen at out the airports and we know that from the past experience that most of these terrorist attacks are usually coordinated it is very rare to see just one attack so you cannot exclude that and people are obviously very of pride of

flying at this point where you mention the fear of a possible another another attack at an airport or some sort of transportation hub but you know of course it was last march march of last year we had the moscow metro bombings were approximately thirty nine approximately thirty nine people were killed now thirty one killed on a people are already drawing comparisons between the moscow metro bombing and what happened today just hours ago. most transportation system seems to be an obvious target for terrorist attacks simply because of the number of people it services and you know the terrorists are always after the largest number of people they can kill the more people they kill the lower their statement they can make but there are some similarities but there are also some differences back in march of two thousand and ten. that terrorist attack was carried out by two suicide two female suicide

bombers and the responsibility for that attack was claimed by notorious chechen warlord door kumara who soon after that attack kong to moscow subway system took place posted a video on the internet in the beach here warning to russians dad and i quote the war will come to your streets you will feel it in your old lie. and you will feel it on your screen on your skin and it is a very very grim and sinister warning and we know for a fact that russian law enforcement agencies security agencies have been working very hard to prevent any situations like this from happening but again this is a major embarrassment for all of them because. when it happened to the moscow subway system and after all this public criticism directed at the law enforcement agencies for not preventing it they were saying that you cannot see a search every single passenger on the most good metro system there so many people

it's services millions of people every day but in case of the dhamma jet or airport it's a bit different airport it is a security facility it's a close to facility anybody in anything that comes in and out of the airport is usual searched and we can see that there were some major. difficulties and possibly even mistakes. even possibly follow point involved here because it was also a thing of the past back in two thousand and four if you remember when those two planes departed from the dumb idea that our airports. were detonated near there and it responded later that some of the police officers on the grounds of indeed did or airports were actually bribed and that was the main reason that ignorance and. die use of the. of the lack of vigilance was actually the main reason why i still mean

there's so many people were killed back in two thousand and four eighty nine people at this point we don't know what was the exact reason for the terrorist attack now i mean we don't know how actually it was carried out whether it was some of the bags that carry these explosive devices whether it was suicide bombers we don't know at this point but it is clear that at some point this. kiri tad adama get our airport was a green one and so now you're right we don't know when the time to the point it's early days now it only happened just more than a couple of hours ago but we do know i thirty one of this point killed one hundred thirty injured by what was obviously a sieve via blast the luggage collection part of the international terminal that most guys don't like yet an office on the floor thank you. well the main building a dome and yet if i was evacuated shortly after the explosion at around four thirty pm moscow time not one thirty pm g.m.t. let's get the latest now from a really good wisco who's at the airport and she's picking up the facts and

speaking to locals that everyone hi to you sir the scene adama did of a right now what is it like oh well i have to say i was that actually it's not all a dad that it might be actually surprising but of course when we were coming in we saw a large out in a large group of emergency vehicles of course the special security forces are on hand as well we just saw several was several. several of officers from the special security force off the rushes the security service the federal security service qualify they're actually heading towards the arrival area which caused by the way have been cordoned off that journalist or those who are usually those who are welcoming people into their port they have been pushed back into the main a building and basically everybody but those arriving have been everybody but those who are arriving have been banned from a zero is a section there is a a large number of officials there's a very large number of security officers of course there are cordoned police the police groups everywhere out as far as planes coming and going is but at this

moment looks like planes actually are on handed out so they will get about is a working to accept the arrivals like a lever arm and i was i'm looking at the flight schedule here looks like some of the departing flights first were delayed just until about five minutes ago and now looks like those planes which are flying out around eight o'clock in the. all of these flies are being counseled and actually have to say that the very large number and increasing number of good life which are fighting how it is now being canceled but other than that there is no panic at the airport i have to say that people are proceeding. in a very orderly a sash and. who were waiting for us we're waiting for a press conference from a some of the officials at the airport is this the oil spill and all that rush that that moskos that mayor as does the most region mayor of folks are going to live too don't give us the we're waiting for that for them to come over and. have

a say about. the situation of course we also earlier spoke to some of the eyewitnesses and i believe that we could hear that those reports from the i would right now. good for your board. for young world work all of the way very good. because. working on the work. he thought. you were involved is krrish so what it was being a little jury will be told to go off of some local local. only for a little. bit local who are cruel or.

don't know oh oh oh we're. going to get people. normal to come to the street or to get out so. if you're going there whoa i'm going to. come from. behind you know i own a cafe at domodedovo airport one of my colleagues was taken to hospital she's in intensive care to be bossed happened in the arrivals area that's enough to ing of the airport the explosion must have been very strong because our cafes about a hundred meters from the arrivals area and when we had the blast plaster started falling from the ceiling. i met the departures zone of the gym i did about it will try to now they've just announced that the airport is working normally older flights are departed on time i'm not sure about the international arrival still ample stuff don't know where they will be diverted to i came here

about half an hour ago i was waiting at passport control i had that there was a blast at the rival syria there was already a lot of smoke at the baggage claim area there were a lot of people crowded there who goes to escalate a stopped the stuff will denies the motion. the exit but the job was very narrow and people crowded they mediately so the stuff started breaking the walls to let the people own soon after the impulse to see even the arriving flights everyone left to pass a crucial area and started leaving them a disclaimer area one of those who had been to see below and you stayed on. and of course investigators are working at the scene right now like i said there is of an increased number of police officers of call for security measures of course are being taken i was just a new dog set up passed by and into the arrivals area so obviously they are still investigating they're still making sure that there is no further explosives or anything that could blow up like another bomb on the speed i like i also said

earlier is the area of the international rivals the areas cordoned off to all people basically it's working only for those who are arriving and i have to say the number of off the arrivals has wendell difficultly just over the last twenty twenty five minutes i was so obviously we did not know whether the planes are being very valid or not be precise we did see some planes fly into the airport as we were coming in so i'm i guess we could assume that some of the planes the domestic planes at least are eroding you don't get of us overall this situation it seems to be more or less contained people are not panicking of course they are talking about it extensively here at the are concerned about some of their loved ones but. no state of chaos of course incredibly incredible security measures and we're still waiting for more precise information to be. fast on to us you know we're not even sure i can just jump in here for

a minute we were reporting not too long ago. that some of the planes were not landing adama's yet it is russia's bases that are you confirming to me that so you have seen some flights coming in and i'm sure there are still some arrivals yes i can actually have seen that with my own eyes that. the plane was definitely going down for a landing always should be having those pictures on hand actually very very soon for your but i did and it does look like the flights are right i mean the people are coming in from the international arrivals so so i'm assuming that they are coming in the planes are arriving into the airport ah however i cannot tell you exactly where there are no of whether or not their domestic planes or international flights because we're not being allowed into that area it's at an increased security area limits and we're going to there must be some sort of a sense of all of confidence here monk the security forces that had to now additionally arrive to the airport if indeed they are allowing some arrivals to

land the wheels hit the ground but you know we've shown some pretty dramatic pictures here on our t.v. talking about the showing the aftermath of the blast and we've seen bits of wools and on the roof caving in which we have seen graphic images all victims on the ground but you're telling me to some degree there is a sense of calm that has come over domodedovo airport you know the most command and the most good district governor they're both on their way to deal with jennifer and what do you expect them to find i expect that i'm expecting first of all if they will be actually allowed into the area with the of the area that has been hit by the blast unlike us unfortunately but i do have to say that due to the increased security measures like i said there are police there are the literally more policemen here than up passengers i would say but i would say that people are calm i mean i don't know whether this is just the psychological maybe it's maybe if they're houston to all sorts of extreme events happening at this airport at this

point or maybe it's because there's there are increased that increased security measures but people seem to be you know could not panicking they're still waiting for those who are supposed to arrive and it does look like some people are arriving and we again we're seeing more. special security forces the. they're coming through your words there are only areas with more sniffer dogs now i would say that there is no panic but of course this is by no means just another day at the airport of course. we are we're still waiting like that or at the official or or the marconi or any other tricked out there to arrive and comment on it that you wait a bit of course or they do that they will have damage with their own i know this certainly does seem that despite these pictures we've seen that there are a lot of people who are handling this very well there as you know arena we had the march metro bombings last year and even though those bombings brought the capital cities metro to a standstill they did not stop russia's capital from people going to work as they

did on phase from early morning into into rush hour in the evening as well thank you for the latest there we'll check in with you another time really going to go there reporting live on the telephone thank you right. now and where we have we have more information to pass along to you here as fluid situation becomes more apparent to us here in moscow details keep coming into us here at our teacher in this breaking news and now the russian president has held an emergency meeting to discuss the response to the blast had done with the out of a he's also delayed his trip to the world economic forum in the swiss city of darkness where he was planning to make a keynote speech let's get details on the government's reaction now from marty's tom barton who's waiting for us live and so tom what did the president have to say we know he addressed the media in the very recent past or maybe an hour less than an hour ago impressive for a world leader to to address the airwaves so quickly what if you have to say. yes on news of the blast as you said he canceled his trip to the double c. konami forum he was going to be the keynote speaker there is currently delayed he's

his journey there instead he has been at this meeting with the prosecutor general the investigative committee on the russian transport ministry which he said for the first priorities are first of all to be hauled. on the heels and to find out who is responsible and to to catch up with them and find them quickly secondly also on the ground as you would imagine to provide medical and psychological assistance to those caught up either wounded or traumatized by the blast and obviously gave his condolences to the families of all those affected let's have a listen to just what he said that. if. the explosion in domodedovo took people's lives i've spoken to the health minister and the emergencies minister those injured in the explosion will receive all necessary aid i express my condolences to the families of those killed extra security will be

put in place in all airports roee stations and transport hubs a special investigation group will be set up to look into the incident we need to look at what's happened in the immediate aftermath as to security and transport we've recently approved a number of laws on that we need to check that those laws are working because what happened shows not all of those rulings are being properly applied we have to look into that the most important thing at the moment is to support the victims and their families. those laws that he was referring to did after last year's march metro bombings and the earlier bombings on the nevsky express train to st petersburg additions were made to anti terrorism laws then and as you heard the president say clearly this shows that those laws are not working as they're supposed to those must be looked at interviewed and the response to emergencies in very close detail the response has currently been very fast

and in addition to the president's response the mayor of moscow and the governor of the moscow region are currently on the way to the airport to try and provide on the spot leadership and to get all the information they can as as quickly. possibly a time when you when you talk about the leadership here coming to the podium you know it was barely an hour or so after the blast on the end of that russian president dmitri medvedev was already addressing the public surely there has to be some sort of sense of comfort to those affected by this blast those who are worried about loved ones those who are rattled by the effect of what is an act of terrorism it's reassuring to have the president address the people so quickly. but yes of course i mean i think the last march is matter of bombings are still pretty fresh in people's minds here people still have the sense. that in an attack what didn't happen even one year ago and now we see another bomb going off in this airport

obviously it's too early to say exactly who was responsible but the feeling of panic will certainly help to be alleviated by both the president's television addressed delivered very soon after he got the news with some very sober common sense words there and also the mayor the governor of moscow region going in person to the airport to try and also be at the hub of all the efforts to try and alleviate this there and to provide on the spot the leadership some say. they're reporting live thanks. right now let's get some more details on the likely consequences of the idea of a bombing with sort of a journalist from commerce a newspaper now joining us live on this so who are people going to be pointing the finger of blame at for this attack it tends to happen very quickly early days now it's only been a couple of hours since the blast took place but when it comes to where does the blame lie would your comments would you have for us and. i think now it's too

premature to speak about who is responsible for that i've seen the on the web the rest of the media was quick to say that this might be done by a group group or they are not so-called suicide bomb. all of us. who are under the control of their exit to china rebel leader. but i think it emphasizes once again that it's too early to speak about who specifically who was responsible for these rantin is definitely on the other hand that it was conducted by the so-called twenty first century a terrorist group. by no means could be called the act of even do we deal with due to two reasons first that there was definitely a powerful explosive device we cheer. excess of a sudden group and the second plane is the place all the terrorist act we in fact

this is the second terrorist act in moscow for the last ten months and for this for the for the second time there is selected one of that why don't poor transport in the last march it was moscow sabri to metro stations. and today it is dumb idea which is they're busy as they're leaving the airport in moscow which is actually a gateway to moscow capable the russian capital while mr kirk and so you mentioned of course the margin a measure of bombings from from last year the i think of a pretty severe impact on the psyche of the general public here of course there was over thirty people thirty nine people who were killed in the moscow metro bombings but now this is happened we've just seen the russian president dmitri medvedev address the public through a televised event and he was saying that the security will be tightened of the airports there's certain security loopholes are evident after new programs of security have been installed tell me this tell us if security actually being

tightened. well i think definitely russian authorities and security of the services they they definitely made their own conclusions from the terrorist acts in march and no doubt that they have it proved to be a technique. and their performance but on the other hand as you understand in this role there is no convert percent guarantee that they will get no terrorist acts we believe in in the global we watch and you know international terrorism has no borders and those terrorist acts live a b.s. striking similarity you see in the way they conducted their trademarks and by the eighty's karachi all bugged. or jakarta moscow so so there is no one hundred percent guarantee but definitely. what we have seen today after the terrorist acts also is that authorities are acting in a. and efficient way to eradicate the that the damages

and the help that worked as. well as we continue to get developments on this situation him assisted ok. let me ask you how will this bombing become a major political issue do you think at this point it's easy for politicians to to jump in and address this. well i don't think that it can really emerge into major political issues and this is the difference from the ninety's when we really had a ball full chechen rebels here and there was not only terrorist acts like bad but the terrorists to that here we were using heat and brand tactics and the cost that they can this is definitely not the case anymore here we in russia and. in this. process shaped the resistance. to china resistance or which transformed into a slide because this has already lost its steam that's why i can hardly imagine that it can emerge into

a major political issue but again. there's another aspect in that that seven political forces to show restraint and should understand that they should not incite confrontation because. here we come to the roots of the terrorists. all right well as we were saying moments ago the russian president dmitri medvedev addressing the public and certainly sending out a sense of comfort really to those affected and those watching what's happened now with russia's busiest airport do you think the russian president has sent out a strong signal to those who would have been behind this attack. yes and i was impressed that the president made. the first one of the first things we. do you see he's sovereign the. top cabinet ministers and heads of the security services and he canceled or maybe prosper and he's so was it to the worst of the

world economic forum and at the same time he made himself very clearly that russian authorities would tolerate no acts like this and would act in this manner to eradicate that why. aren't you sort of his token from the commerce and use piping thank you. two artes her fourth is out on moscow's the second busiest airport of the international airport shouldn't about right now let's cross live to her and see what the detail she can pass on to us sarah so a situation of sheer amount of an hour any sign of increased security any any sense of the environment the attitudes. to security staff here we know that they have increased the security levels significantly all the stars are on high alert they're checking the luggage extremely thoroughly and personnel and monitoring the c.c.t.v. cameras looking for any suspicious behavior so you actually are going into the

airport can really see this increased security before you even get through the doors that initial check that you have in your luggage is now has been massively stepped up so it's taking longer to even get into the airport there's little say teams going around with patrol dogs checking people's luggage and looking for anything suspicious as well so they're working as hard as they can to get these most in place to ensure the safety of the people here and of course they going to want everything to be working as effectively as possible because they're going to be taking a lot of the diverted flights from domodedovo we've heard chair virtue i was saying they're ready to take them all the air traffic control are going to be working at the moment with those flights that are in the air to ensure that they're diverted where needs to be to this airport and getting three people safely and effectively as possible so are we were speaking to our correspondent. despite the mandatory.