2004 Arkhangelsk apartment explosion

Gas explosion in Russia caused by sabotage 64.537 N 40.566 E title March 2024 2004 Arkhangelsk explosion Explosion of Arkhangelsk house 2004 03.jpg 250px House 16 March 2004 3:03 AM Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia 58 175 Sabotage Sergey Alekseychik On March 16, 2004, an explosion destroyed a corner section of a nine-storey Soviet-era apartment building in Arkhangelsk, Russia. It happened at 3:03 a.m. local time (UTC +3). The explosion occurred in 120 Avenue of the Soviet Cosmonauts in the October district (Oktyabrskiy rayon) of Arkhangelsk. The death toll from the explosion was 58 (33 women, 16 men and 9 children). Two of the dead succumbed to their wounds in a hospital after being rescued.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3522832.stm BBC NEWS - Europe - Search abandoned in Russia rubble bbc.co.uk The explosion came two days after Vladimir Putin won reelection and several weeks after a suicide bombing killed 41 Moscow Metro passengers. In April 2004, authorities arrested and charged 26-year-old former employee of city gas services Sergey Alekseychik. On December 16, 2005, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. According to the official version, Alekseychik was fired from his natural gas technician job several days prior to the explosion, and to get even with his former employers and the city, he sabotaged the gas system, thus causing the tragedy.Мстиславская Мария Заслуживает снисхождения : Обвиненного во взрыве дома в Архангельске приговорили к 25 годам колонии https://lenta.ru/articles/2005/12/16/gas1/ 1 June 2017 Lenta.ru 15 December 2005 See also Arkhangelsk FSB office bombing References Category:2004 explosions Category:2004 industrial disasters Category:2004 disasters in Russia Category:Gas explosions in Russia Category:History of Arkhangelsk Category:March 2004 in Russia Category:2004 mass murders Category:21st-century mass murders in Russia