2002 Grozny OMON ambush

2002 ambush attack in Russia 43.4 45.716 title Grozny OMON ambush Second Chechen War Grozny, Chechnya April 18, 2002 Insurgent victory Russia Chechnya 2000 Chechen OMON Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 21 killed, multiple wounded Unknown The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18, 2002, when Chechen insurgents killed about 821 Officers Die in Grozny Blast and wounded two republican OMON special police officers. The ambush occurred just 90 meters from Chechnya's main police headquarters. The first bus in a convoy hit a remote controlled mine, and the militants then opened fire on the line of vehicles from the ruins of a nearby high-rise building. Another version of the attack was presented by Nezavisimaya Gazeta, which claimed there were two connected attacks.http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=25&issue_id=2243&article_id=19333 SECURITY FORCES CARRY OUT A LARGE "ZACHISTKA" IN CHECHEN CAPITAL. 2007-03-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20061017090703/http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=25&issue_id=2243&article_id=19333 2006-10-17 dead The incident preceded by two hours President Vladimir Putin's mid-term state-of-the-nation address, in which he said the "military phase" of the Chechen conflict had been completed. References 2 External links Mine Leaves 21 OMON Troops Dead, The St. Petersburg Times, April 19, 2002 Category:21st-century mass murders in Russia Grozny Grozny Category:Battles involving Chechnya Category:Grozny in the Second Chechen War Category:Terrorist incidents in Russia in 2002 Category:April 2002 in Russia Category:Bus bombings in Europe Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Russia Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 2002