2002 Grozny truck bombing

2002 incident in Grozny, Chechnya 43.32734 45.67517 title 2002 Grozny bombing Map of Chechen Republic (Chechnya).png Map of Chechen Republic Grozny, Chechnya (Russia) Chechen government HQ 27 December 2002 Car bombs 83 210 Riyad-us Salihiin The Grozny truck bombing occurred on 27 December 2002, when three Chechen suicide bombers ran vehicles into the heavily guarded republic's government headquarters in the regional capital Grozny. Details The drivers of two vehicles reportedly wore federal military uniforms and carried official passes which allowed them through three successive military checkpoints on their way to the headquarters building. A guard at the fourth and final checkpoint attempted to inspect the vehicles, and began firing on the vehicles as they drove through the checkpoint towards the building. The explosion by the equivalent of a ton of dynamite brought down the roof and floors of the four-story building. The first reports mentioned as few as two dead.http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2003/06/mil-030620-voa05.htm 2 Killed in Grozny Suicide Truck Bombing John Pike Globalsecurity.org 6 October 2014 Ultimately, Chechen officials said 83 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722174514/http://www.stratfor.com/memberships/101273 July 22, 2011 people were killed (48 on the spot) and 210 were injured.http://www.hrvc.net/news/7c-1-2003.html GROZNY BLAST KILLS 72, INJURES 210 Hrvc.net 6 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927112742/http://www.hrvc.net/news/7c-1-2003.html 2011-09-27 dead Several Chechen administration officials were injured in the attack, including Deputy Prime Minister Zina Batyzheva (seriously wounded) and Chechen Security Council Secretary Rudnik Dudayev. The head of the pro-Russian administration in Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov, and his Prime Minister, Mikhail Babich, were not in the building at the time.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=RVMIVTR5FJORNQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2002/12/28/wchech28.xml https://web.archive.org/web/20071229014626/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=RVMIVTR5FJORNQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F12%2F28%2Fwchech28.xml dead 29 December 2007 Chechen suicide bombers kill 46 Telegraph.co.uk 6 October 2014 Responsibility Colonel Ilya Shabalkin, spokesman for the joint federal forces in Chechnya, said the bombing was organized by Chechen rebel field commanders Abu al-Walid and Shamil Basayev.http://www.rferl.org/reports/securitywatch/2003/01/1-070103.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20040119123001/http://www.rferl.org/reports/securitywatch/2003/01/1-070103.asp dead January 19, 2004 TWO EXPLOSIONS ROCK GOVERNMENT CENTER IN GROZNY RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty 6 October 2014 Basayev claimed responsibility for the planning and execution of the attack, saying that he personally detonated the bomb by remote control.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/11/db1101.xml Shamil Basayev Telegraph.co.uk 6 October 2014 19 December 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251219061846/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/11/db1101.xml dead Some news reports called the attack an act of terrorism,http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Terrorist-attack-on-the-local.html Terrorist attack on the local government headquarters in Grozny - Letter from President Chirac to President Putin, Paris 27.12.2002 France in the United Kingdom - La France au Royaume-Uni 6 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130518020504/http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Terrorist-attack-on-the-local.html 2013-05-18 deadhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/06/russia.timeline/index.html Timeline: Terrorism in Russia Cnn.com 6 October 2014 which with 83 confirmed fatalities, would have been the deadliest terrorist attack in Chechnya. Others described the attackers as militants and rebels and not terrorists.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07EED61F3CF93BA15751C1A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 46 At Chechen Government Offices The New York Times 28 December 2002 6 October 2014 Wines Michael https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3019493.stm Many killed in Chechen blast 12 May 2003 News.bbc.co.uk 6 October 2014 References External links Chechen rebels punch ever harder, BBC News, 27 December 2002 Chechnya suicide bombers 'used Russian military links', The Guardian, December 29, 2002 Category:Suicide bombings in 2002 Category:21st-century mass murders in Russia Category:2002 in Russia Category:2002 mass murders Category:Grozny in the Second Chechen War Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Russia Category:Suicide bombings in the Chechen–Russian conflict Category:Terrorist incidents in Russia in 2002 Category:Car and truck bombings in the Chechen wars Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2002 Category:2002 in Chechnya Category:Car and truck bombings in 2002 Category:Terrorist incidents during the Chechen–Russian conflict Category:Suicide bombings in Chechnya