Attacks on the Moscow Metro in 2010
The attacks on March 29, 2010 in Moscow were explosives in two stations of the “red” line of the Moscow Metro in downtown Moscow .
procedure
The first explosion occurred at 7:56 a.m. Moscow time (3:56 a.m. UTC ) in the Lubyanka station , which is located in the immediate vicinity of the headquarters of the Russian domestic intelligence service FSB . A second explosion occurred at 8:38 am local time at Park Kultury Station .
Both explosives were packed with screws to create a shrapnel effect. Mass panic broke out in both stations after the explosions .
Alexander Bortnikow , the director of the FSB, announced on the same day, citing a preliminary report, that the explosive used was hexogen and that there were indications that the attacks were carried out by Caucasian terror groups . Bortnikov said the bomb at the Lubyanka metro station was four kilograms of TNT equivalent , and the one at Park Kultury station was about 1.5 to two kilograms of TNT. The attacks were carried out by two black widows . Citing police information , the Kommersant newspaper reported that the seventeen-year-old widow of the Chechen terrorist Umalat Magomedov, who was killed by Russian security forces in late 2009 , brought the bomb to the Lubyanka . Both perpetrators drove to Moscow by bus.
Victim
40 people died in the explosions or as a result of their effects, and more than 100 other people were injured, some seriously. 88 injured had to be treated in hospitals.
Reactions
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was shocked and announced that such attacks would not be tolerated. Internationally, many countries and supranational institutions were shocked by the incidents. The day after the attacks, there was state mourning in Russia .
Three days after the attacks, Medvedev called for both paramilitary and economic measures against terrorism in Makhachkala, Caucasus . On June 4, 2010, several alleged perpetrators of the attacks were killed in fighting with Russian security forces in the North Caucasus.
backgrounds
The attack is one in a series of attacks in Russia that have been carried out in recent years, many of which are attributed to Chechen separatists.
Two days after the attack, the Chechen guerrilla fighter and terrorist Doku Umarov announced in a video broadcast over the Internet that he had personally ordered the attack. He announced further attacks. Umarov described the attacks as an act of retaliation for the killing of Chechen and Ingush civilians by Russian security forces on February 11, 2010.
On March 31, two explosive devices exploded in the city of Kisljar in Dagestan , killing nine police officers and three civilians. On April 4, there was another bomb attack on a railroad track near Isberbash in Dagestan, albeit without injuries, and on April 5, an attack in Ingush Karabulak .
See also
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Moscow Metro hit by deadly suicide bombings (English) , British Broadcasting Corporation . March 29, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
- ^ Two blasts in Moscow Metro, dozens killed (English) , Russia Today . March 29, 2010. Archived from the original on April 1, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Toll from Moscow subway blasts rises to 39: FSB security service's HQ is in building above one of targeted stations (English) , MSNBC.com. March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Caucasian terrorist groups suspected behind attacks on subway , RIA Novosti . March 29, 2010.
- ↑ Смертницу сверили со списком (Russian) , Kommersant . April 2, 2010.
- ↑ Russia is looking for the terrorist helpers on tagesschau.de from March 30, 2010 ( Memento from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); Reviewed April 1, 2010
- ↑ a b List of dead and injured in the attack on the Moscow Metro on the official website of the МЧС ( memento of the original from April 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Reviewed April 1, 2010
- ↑ Word log in English ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Medvedev says to fight terrorism without hesitation (English) , Xinhua . March 29, 2010. Archived from the original on April 1, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ^ National mourning after attacks in Moscow , NZZ . March 29, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ↑ Medvedev calls for tougher crackdown on terrorists worldwide , RIA Novosti. March 30, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
- ↑ Russian security forces kill several Moscow metro terrorists in the North Caucasus , RIA Novosti. June 4th 2010.
- ↑ Timeline: Terrorism in Russia (English) , CNN. February 6, 2004. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ↑ Chechen rebel says he ordered Moscow Metro attacks (English) , British Broadcasting Corporation. March 31, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ↑ Teenage widow 'likely Moscow metro bomber' - police (English) , British Broadcasting Corporation. April 2, 2010.
- ^ Another double explosion: train derailed in Dagestan , RIA Novosti. April 4, 2010.
- ↑ Two dead and 13 injured in attacks in Ingushetia , RIA Novosti. April 5, 2010.
