Red Square bombing
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| Red Square bombing | |
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| Location | Red Square, Moscow |
| Target(s) | unknown |
| Date | December 9, 2003 |
| Attack Type | suicide attack |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Injuries | Dozens |
| Perpetrator(s) | Chechen terrorists |
| Terrorist attacks of the Second Chechen War |
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| Kaspiysk – Moscow hostage crisis – Tushino – Mozdok – Stavropol train – Red Square – Moscow metro – Aircraft bombings – Beslan hostage crisis |
The Red Square Bombing was the 9 December 2003 suicide bombing near Red Square in Moscow. It left six people dead and wounded several others. The blast happened on a busy street only a few hundred metres from the Kremlin in the heart of the city. Moscow's then-mayor Yuri Luzhkov reported rumours that the bomb was intended for the Duma, or parliament, further up the road.
Among these killed in the incident was Dr. Ivan Anisimkin, member of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics.
[edit] External links
- A report on the terrorist incident by the BBC
- A second report on the terrorist incident by the BBC
- A report on the terrorist incident by CNN
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