Suicide attacks in the North Caucasus conflict: Difference between revisions

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*[[December 5]]-[[December 10|10]] [[2003]] - A [[shrapnel]]-filled bomb believed strapped to a lone male suicide attacker ripped apart a [[commuter train]] near Chechnya, killing 46 people and wounding nearly 200. The explosion occurred during a busy morning rush hour when the train was loaded with many students and workers; it ripped the side of the train open as it approached a station near [[Yessentuki]], 750 miles south of Moscow. Only five days later [[Red Square Bombing|another blast shook Russia]] -- this time the attack occurred in the very centre of Moscow a [[female suicide bomber]] set off explosives near the [[Kremlin]] and [[State Duma]]; the bomber used suicide belts packed with ball bearings to kill six people and injure another 44. Shamil Basayev later claimed responsibility for organising the December 2003 attacks.

*[[February 6]] [[2004]] - A bomb ripped through a Moscow [[Rapid transit|metro]] car during [[rush hour]] morning, killing 40 people and wounding 134. A previously unknown Chechen rebel group claimed responsibility for the bombing; the claim came from a group calling itself ''Gazoton Murdash'', and signed by Lom-Ali ("Ali the Lion"). <ref name="News"> http://www.hrvc.net/news2004/3-3-04.html http://www.cacianalyst.org/view_article.php?articleid=2201</ref><ref name="News2"> http://www.rferl.org/reports/corruptionwatch/2004/03/8-120304.asp</ref><ref name="News3"> http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/printnews/engnews/id/637593.html</ref>. According to the statement, the group launched the attack to mark the fourth anniversary of the killing of scores of Chechen civilians by Russian soldiers who took control of the Chechen capital Grozny.

* [[August 27]] [[2004]] - [[Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004|Two Russian airliner]]s that crashed nearly simultaneously on [[August 24]], killing 90 people crashed simultaneously. Investigation found traces of explosives in planes' wreckages, and an Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a Web statement. Two Chechen women [[Amanta Nagayeva]] (30) and [[Satsita Dzhebirkhanova]] (37), from Grozny have been identified as the perpetrators of the attack.

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