34 victims of terror act in "Domodedovo" receive compensations

During the first week of its work, the Charity Fund "Aviation", set up to help the victims of the terror act at the "Domodedovo" Airport, has transferred funds to 34 victims, the airport bosses have announced today.

On January 24, 2011, the explosion at "Domodedovo" killed 37 people and wounded 172 others. According to investigators, the explosive device was triggered by a suicide bomber Magomed Evloev. Four senior officials of "Domodedovo", including the co-owner Dmitry Kamenschik, are accused of poor organization of screening visitors to the airport.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that 40 victims had lodged multi-million dollar lawsuits against "Domodedovo" and, according to their advocate, upon receiving the due compensations they are ready to settle the claims through an amicable agreement. On May 17, the airport set up the above charity fund to help the victims of the terror act. On June 7, the "Domodedovo" administration began paying out compensations to victims.

"During the first week, the 'Aviation' Fund paid charity aid to 34 victims of the 2011 terror act; it is expected that by 15 June, 30 more victims will receive it," the "Interfax" quotes Alexander Vlasov, the press secretary of the "Domodedovo" Airport, as saying today.

The sum of the payments is not disclosed.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.