At least 17 people were killed, including the bomber, when a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside Volgograd train station on Sunday (December 29). According to authorities, the female attacker detonated a shrapnel-filled bomb in front of a metal detector just inside the main station. Television footage captured the moment of the blast, with a giant orange fireball filling the hall of the station, followed by clouds of smoke pouring out of the front gate and broken windows.