2003 Krylya festival bombing

Chechen suicide bombing at a music festival in Moscow 2003 Krylya festival bombing Spillover of the Second Chechen War and Islamic terrorism in Europe Moscow Oblast in Russia.svg Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia Tushino airfield, Moscow, Russia 5 July 2003 dms it Suicide bombing 15 (+2 terrorists) 60 Riyad-us SaliheenБасаев запускает "Бумеранг" https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/43210/ Кавказский узел 8 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20190303111008/https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/43210/ 3 March 2019 ru 15 September 2003 On July 5, 2003, a terrorist attack occurred just outside of the gates of the Krylya (ru Крылья, lit. Wings) rock festival at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow. killing 15 people and injuring up to 60 more. Two Chechen shahidka (Muslim female suicide bombers) committed suicide attacks at the entrance to the festival, which was being held at the Tushino airfield in north-western Moscow (the primary venue for the festival). The first bomber, 20-year-old Zulikhan Elikhadzhiyeva, detonated her bomb which only partially exploded, killing only herself.Female Suicide Bombers Unnerve Russians https://web.archive.org/web/20150527230845/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/07/world/female-suicide-bombers-unnerve-russians.html 2015-05-27 , The New York Times, August 7, 2003 Only a few meters away from where Elikhadzhiyeva had detonated, 26-year-old Zinaida Aliyeva detonated her explosives 15 minutes later, killing 11 people on the spot while at least 60 people were injured, with four of them later dying in hospital.Two Moscow concert bombers kill 14 https://web.archive.org/web/20121020181353/http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/05/russia.blast/ 2012-10-20 , CNN, July 6, 2003 Russian authorities stated that had the suicide bombers been able to enter the airfield, the casualties would have been significantly higher. They opened a criminal investigation into the attack. The Tushino bombing was part of a string of suicide attacks in Russia that had occurred within the previous four months, killing 165 people in total, in the context of the Second Chechen War. See also Suicide attacks in the North Caucasus conflict References Category:21st-century mass murders in Russia Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2003 Category:Attacks on music venues Category:2003 mass murders Category:Spillover of the Second Chechen War Category:Islamic terrorism in Russia Category:Mass murders in Moscow Category:Suicide bombings in the Chechen–Russian conflict Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Moscow Category:Terrorist incidents during the Second Chechen War Category:Terrorist incidents in Russia in 2003 Category:2003 in Moscow Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2003 Category:July 2003 in Russia Category:Suicide bombings in 2003 Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Moscow Category:Concert disasters