MOSCOW, August 28 - RAPSI. The Moscow Regional Court did not hear the Domodedovo terrorist attack case on the merits yesterday,postponing the hearing at the request of one of the defendants, Kommersant daily reports.

On January 24, 2011, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in the airport's international arrivals lounge, killing 37 people.

According to Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin, the attack was planned by Doku Umarov, who controlled a criminal group headed by Aslan Byutukayev and Supyan Abdullayev. The accused bomber, Magomed Yevloyev, allegedly trained at a camp in Ingushetia.

The prosecutor's office maintains that Islam and Ilez Yandiyev, Akhmed Yevloyev and Bashir Khamkhoyev helped Yevloyev get to Moscow, where he received the bomb at an apartment rented for him by the suspects.

An international search is underway for Umarov, Byutukayev, and one other suspect. In total, 28 individuals are suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack.

Kommersant reports that, according to one of the defendants, Yevloyev initially did not plan to detonate the bomb in Domodedovo, but was going to fly to France.

At the preliminary hearing, the court decided to review the case behind closed doors. The court announced the panel of judges and considered the motions filed by Akhmed Yevloyev, Khamkhoyev and brothers Islam and Ilez Yandiyev yesterday.

The bomber's younger brother, Akhmed, asked for the court to allow him to be represented by the attorney who spoke for him during the preliminary investigation instead of the public defense lawyer appointed to him by the court. The court upheld this request.

The trial is expected to start on September 11.