2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing

2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing
2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing
Part of the Second Chechen War
	Location of Chechnya in Russia
Location	Znamenskoye, Nadterechny District, Chechnya, Russia
Date	12 May 2003
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	59
Injured	200

43°40′34″N 45°07′37″E / 43.676°N 45.127°E / 43.676; 45.127

The Znamenskoye Grozny suicide bombing happened on May 12, 2003, in Znamenskoye in Chechnya, when three rebel suicide bombers, including two women, drove a truck bomb into a local government administration and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) directorate complex, killing at least 59 people^[1] and injuring about 200, mostly civilians.

The complex contained the republican headquarters of the FSB. The mainstream wing of the rebels led by Aslan Maskhadov denied involvement and condemned the attack.

A Chechen warlord Khozh-Akhmed Dushayev was blamed for organizing the blast. No formal charges were ever brought and Dushayev was killed in Ingushetia in June 2003.^[2]

References

^ Chechnya hit by new suicide attack BBC News, 14 May, 2003
^ Самые крупные теракты в России в 2000-2007 годах. Справка

External links

40 killed by truck bomb, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 13 2003
Suspects named as Znamenskoye death toll rises, Gazeta.ru, May 13 2003

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[1] Chechnya hit by new suicide attack BBC News, 14 May, 2003

[2] Самые крупные теракты в России в 2000-2007 годах. Справка

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