From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2002 Grozny truck bombing

2002 incident in Grozny, Chechnya

Field	Value
title	2002 Grozny bombing
image	Map of Chechen Republic (Chechnya).png
caption	Map of Chechen Republic
location	Grozny, Chechnya (Russia)
target	Chechen government HQ
date	27 December 2002
type	Car bombs
fatalities	83
injuries	210
perps	Riyad-us Salihiin

| time-begin = | time-end =

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. Ultimately, Chechen officials said 83 people were killed (48 on the spot) and 210 were injured. 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.

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. Basayev claimed responsibility for the planning and execution of the attack, saying that he personally detonated the bomb by remote control.

Some news reports called the attack an act of terrorism, 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.

References

John Pike. "2 Killed in Grozny Suicide Truck Bombing". Globalsecurity.org.
[http://www.stratfor.com/memberships/101273] {{webarchive. link. (July 22, 2011)
"GROZNY BLAST KILLS 72, INJURES 210". Hrvc.net.
"Chechen suicide bombers kill 46". Telegraph.co.uk.
"TWO EXPLOSIONS ROCK GOVERNMENT CENTER IN GROZNY". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
(August 2021). "Shamil Basayev". Telegraph.co.uk.
"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.
"Timeline: Terrorism in Russia". Cnn.com.
(28 December 2002). "Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 46 At Chechen Government Offices". [[The New York Times]].
(12 May 2003). "Many killed in Chechen blast". News.bbc.co.uk.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

suicide-bombings-in-2002 21st-century-mass-murders-in-russia 2002-in-russia 2002-mass-murders grozny-in-the-second-chechen-war suicide-car-and-truck-bombings-in-russia suicide-bombing-in-the-chechen-wars terrorist-incidents-in-russia-in-2002 car-and-truck-bombings-in-the-chechen-wars islamic-terrorist-incidents-in-2002 2002-in-chechnya car-and-truck-bombings-in-2002 terrorist-incidents-in-the-chechen–russian-conflict

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2002 Grozny truck bombing — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report