1990 Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing

Bus bombing 1990 Tbilisi–Aghdam bus bombing Khanlar, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union 40.586944 N 46.315833 E it August 10, 1990 UTC+4 Bombing 15–20 16–30 2 Improvised explosive device (IED) The 1990 Tbilisi–Aghdam bus bombing, also known as 1990 Khanlar bus bombing occurred on 10 August 1990, in the vicinity of Khanlar, when an explosive device blew up in a bus 12.5 km away from Azerbaijan's second largest city, Ganja.Azerbaijan bus blast kills at least 17 Chicago Tribune 1990-08-11Azerbaijan: a quest for identity : a short history van der Leeuw Charles 1998 St. Martin's Press United Kingdom 0-312-21903-2 160 https://books.google.com/books?id=sNoP1zphWf8C&dq=August+1990+bus+Azerbaijan&pg=PA160 2011-09-30Keesing's record of world events 1990 Longman United States 36 102 Azerbaijan 250px right black A map of Azerbaijan showing Khanlar's location. Khanlar Red Dot.svg 10 40.586944 N 46.315833 E Fatalities The bus with 60 passengers on board was travelling from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi to the Azerbaijani town of Aghdam.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-11-mn-100-story.html Bomb Rips Bus, Kills 15 in Azerbaijan Los Angeles Times 1990-08-11 2011-09-30https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/08/11/bus-in-soviet-azerbaijan-bombed-with-15-killed/ Bus In Soviet Azerbaijan Bombed, With 15 Killed Orlando Sentinel 1990-08-11 2011-09-30 Fatalities reports range from 15 to 20.http://vesti.az/news.php?id=9901 С момента взрыва бомбы на станции метро в Баку минуло 15 лет It's been 15 years since the blast in Baku metro station Vesti 2009-07-03 2011-09-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090706233627/https://vesti.az/news.php?id=9901 6 July 2009 The number of the wounded with various degrees of injuries range from 16 to 30. Perpetrators The bombing was allegedly carried out by two ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan alleged that they were operatives of the possibly non-existent militant organization Vrezh. The organization's debut was the bombing of a Tbilisi-Baku bus on 16 September 1989, leaving 5 civilians dead and 27 injured. The two men were Armen Mikhailovich Avanesyan and Mikhail Mikhailovich Tatevosov (Tatevosyan). Azerbaijani security forces claimed to have arrested them before their next plot on the same Aghdam–Tbilisi route, planned for 17 June 1991 was realized.http://mfa.gov.az/eng/khojaly_en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=39 Armenian terrorism Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2011-09-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725172541/http://mfa.gov.az/eng/khojaly_en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=39 2011-07-25 dead The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan charged and found them guilty in May 1992, sentencing Avanesyan and Tatevosyan to death and 15 years of imprisonment, respectively. Tatevosov was later exchanged for an Azerbaijani hostage in Tartar District of Azerbaijan in May 1992. See also Azerbaijan 1994 Baku Metro bombings 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown References Category:First Nagorno-Karabakh War Category:1990 mass murders Category:1990 crimes in Azerbaijan Category:Bus bombings in Asia Category:20th-century mass murders in Azerbaijan Category:Terrorist incidents in the Soviet Union Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Europe Category:Terrorist incidents in Azerbaijan Category:August 1990 in Asia Category:August 1990 in the Soviet Union Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1990 Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1990 Category:1990s murders in Azerbaijan Category:Bus bombings in Europe Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Asia Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to Armenian militant groups Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1990