2024-03-22 21:08:48
Russian authorities describe the deadly events of this Friday in a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow as a “bloody terrorist attack”. This is not the first time that the Russian capital has been rocked by attacks. A look back at the main tragedies that have devastated the city over the past 25 years.
Black September in 1999: 200 dead
In the early morning of September 13, 1999, a charge of 300 kg of TNT blasted an eight-story building in the south of the capital, killing nearly 120 residents in their sleep. A few days earlier, more than 90 people were also killed in Moscow in the explosion of another building.
These bloody attacks were attributed to “Chechen terrorists” by the authorities and served as a prelude to the outbreak, in October 1999, of the second Russo-Chechen conflict. Other theories have emerged since then, which will undoubtedly resurface after this Friday’s attack, suspecting the Russian security services (FSB) of being behind these attacks.
A Chechen commando in a theater in 2002: 130 dead
On the evening of October 23, 2002, a Chechen commando of 21 men and 19 women, heavily armed and equipped with large quantities of explosives, managed to infiltrate Moscow and take nearly a thousand people hostage at the theater of Dubrovka. The siege lasted two days and three nights before ending with a special forces assault carried out using powerful gas, resulting in the death of almost all of the 130 victims.
Kamikazes at a rock concert in 2003: 15 dead
On July 5, 2003, a double suicide attack at the entrance to a rock concert at the Touchino airfield in Moscow left 15 dead, in addition to the two female suicide bombers, and around fifty injured. Some 20,000 young people were there to attend the traditional “Krylia” rock music festival.
The attack was not claimed but was attributed by the Russian authorities to Chechen independence rebels.
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Bomb in the metro in 2004: 41 dead
On February 6, 2004, an explosive attack shook the Moscow metro, killing 41 people. It is claimed by an unknown Chechen group, “Gazotan Murdash”.
Female suicide bombers in the metro in 2010: 40 dead
On March 19, 2010, a double suicide attack hit the Moscow metro, killing 40 people. One of the explosions, attributed to two female suicide bombers, took place in the Lubyanka metro station, near the FSB headquarters.
Suicide bombing at an airport in 2011: 37 dead
On January 24, 2011, 37 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at Moscow-Domodedovo airport in the arrival area of international flights. It is claimed by the leader of the Islamist rebellion at the time, the Chechen Dokou Oumarov.
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