2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing

Truck bombing in Chechnya 43.676 45.127 title 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing the Second Chechen War Map of Chechnya in Russia.svg Location of Chechnya in Russia Znamenskoye, Nadterechny District, Chechnya, Russia 12 May 2003 Suicide attack 59 200 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 peopleChechnya hit by new suicide attack BBC News, 14 May, 2003 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.Самые крупные теракты в России в 2000-2007 годах. Справка References 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 Category:Suicide bombings in Chechnya Category:21st-century mass murders in Russia Category:Federal Security Service Category:2003 mass murders Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Russia Category:Terrorist incidents in Russia in 2003 Category:May 2003 in Russia Category:2003 in Chechnya Category:Car and truck bombings in 2003 Category:2003 building bombings Category:Building bombings in Russia Category:Attacks on government buildings and structures in Russia Category:Car and truck bombings in the Chechen wars Category:2000s vehicle-ramming attacks Category:Vehicle-ramming attacks in Europe Category:Road incidents in Russia Category:2003 road incidents Category:2000s road incidents in Europe Category:Suicide bombings in 2003 Category:Suicide bombings in the Chechen–Russian conflict