The details of a horrific airport bombing in Moscow are still coming in, but right now it appears that the perpetrator may not have gone through security:
An explosion rocked an international terminal of Moscow's busiest airport on Monday afternoon in what Russian officials described as an apparent terrorist attack. The Health Ministry reported that at least 30 people had been killed and 130 injured, according to Russian state media.
Russian news agencies, citing witnesses, said the airport's halls were filled with so much smoke that it was difficult to count the dead.
The blast occurred in the arrivals hall of Domodedovo airport, according to a spokeswoman. Investigators said the explosion occurred at 4:32 p.m. local time.
If the bombing was carried out by someone who entered the airport and detonated prior to going through security, then it's the kind of scenario critics of TSA security procedures have been predicting for some time: Even if you somehow make it absolutely impossible to bring a bomb onto a plane, a potential terrorist can simply detonate an explosive device before they have to go through a scanner, metal detector or pat down and still cause a large number of casualties.
