MOSCOW — A bomber strode into the arrivals hall at Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday afternoon and set off an enormous explosion, eyewitnesses and Russian officials said, leaving bodies strewn in a smoke-filled terminal while bystanders scrambled to get the wounded out on baggage carts.
Russian authorities said at least 31 people were killed and 150 injured in the attack. The Russian president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, said in televised remarks that the blast was an act of terrorism and ordered police to track down the perpetrators.
O merciful Father, who taught us in your holy word that you do not willingly afflict or grieve your children: Look with compassion upon your people who were killed and wounded in the Moscow airport. May those who died rest in peace and rise in glory. Bring healing to the wounded, for whom our prayers are offered; remember them, O Lord, in mercy. Nourish the souls of those who sorrow for their loved ones with patience, comfort them with a sense of your goodness, lift up your countenance upon them and give them peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
