1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting

1999 mass shooting in Grozny, Russia May 2022 Grozny refugee convoy shooting the Battle of Grozny Near Grozny, Chechnya 43.316667 45.683333 type:event 1999 12 03 yes Mass shooting At least 40 7 OMON The Grozny refugee convoy shooting occurred on 3 December 1999, when at least 40 people fleeing the besieged Chechen capital Grozny were reportedly killed by Russian special police units, OMON. Incident According to accounts from survivors, a refugee convoy consisting of about 50 people in seven or eight passenger cars and one bus marked with white flags, was heading towards the border with the Russian republic of Ingushetia, when they approached a federal roadblock near the village of Goyty. One survivor described masked OMONCockburn Patrick Patrick Cockburn 6 December 1999 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rebels-inflict-heavy-losses-as-russian-forces-close-on-grozny-5372918.html Rebels inflict heavy losses as Russian forces close on Grozny The Independent 13 May 2022 troops opening fire with automatic rifles from their position in the nearby forest without warning. The bus exploded as bullets pierced its fuel tank.Wines Michael Michael Wines 5 December 1999 https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/05/world/new-reports-back-claims-of-attack-on-chechen-refugee-convoy.html New Reports Back Claims of Attack on Chechen Refugee Convoy The New York Times 13 May 2022 After the shooting, Russian soldiers gave first aid and painkillers to the handful of survivors and brought them to the hospital in Ordzhonikidzevskaya, Ingushetia, where journalists interviewed them.Wines Michael 4 December 1999 https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/04/world/chechen-refugee-convoy-machine-gunned-leaving-14-dead.html Chechen Refugee Convoy Machine-Gunned, Leaving 14 Dead The New York Times 13 May 2022 The incident happened just a few miles from a major battle at the crossroads of Urus-Martan, which sits astride a road that Chechen militants were using as a supply line. Another battle was under way not far from there, in the village of Alkhan-Kala ru Алхан-Кала.Wines Michael 5 December 1999 https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/05/chechnya.theobserver1 Russians 'mowed down fleeing civilian convoy' The Guardian 13 May 2022 The Russian Ministry of Defence stated that the media reports of this incident were disinformation. Officials were quoted as saying that 30 vehicles were destroyed on roads leading out of Grozny, but that all the cars contained rebels, not civilians. They also said they had opened a safe passage out of Grozny for the thousands of civilians. A similar incident involving refugees fleeing Grozny was reported in August 1996 during the First Chechen War.Specter Michael Michael Specter 15 August 1996 https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/15/world/truce-that-never-was-chechens-tricked.html Truce That Never Was: Chechens Tricked The New York Times 13 May 2022 See also Baku–Rostov highway bombing References External links 'Russians fired on refugees' BBC News, 4 December 1999 Category:1999 murders in Russia Category:20th-century mass murders in Russia Category:Deaths by firearm in Russia Category:December 1999 in Russia Category:Grozny in the Second Chechen War Category:Mass shootings in Russia Category:Massacres in 1999 Category:Massacres in the Chechen–Russian conflict Category:Russian war crimes in Chechnya Category:War crimes in the Second Chechen War