Makhachkala Rus bombing

Makhachkala Rus bombing
Makhachkala Rus bombing
	Location of Dagestan in Russia
Location	Makhachkala,Dagestan,Russia
Coordinates	42°59′16″N47°28′23″E/ 42.9878°N 47.4731°E
Date	1 July 2005
Target	Rus (special forces)
Attack type	Bombing
Deaths	11
Injured	25
Perpetrators	Sharia Jamaat

Makhachkala Rus bombingwas a July 1, 2005 incident in which at least 11 members of the eliteRusunit of theRussianfederalInternal Troopswere killed and 25 people wounded in the bomb attack outside apublic bathinMakhachkala,Dagestan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The federal commandos of the MVDRusunit had been sent to Dagestan only two weeks before to help the local MVD forces conduct "operation filter", which started after a 4 June 2005 rebel bomb blew up anUAZvehicle with three policemen inside. The attack closely resembled a January 2001 bombing that killed seven Interior Ministry troops at the same site.

In few days after the bombing the chief of the city's Interior Ministry and several other local police officials were fired.

References[edit]

^"Incident Summary for GTDID: 200507010001".www.start.umd.edu.Retrieved3 March2018.
^Chivers, C. j (2 July 2005)."10 Russian Commandos Killed by Bombing in Restive Region".Retrieved3 March2018– via NYTimes.com.
^"Daghestan: Anatomy Of A Permanent Crisis".RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.Retrieved3 March2018.

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[1] "Incident Summary for GTDID: 200507010001".www.start.umd.edu.Retrieved3 March2018.

[2] Chivers, C. j (2 July 2005)."10 Russian Commandos Killed by Bombing in Restive Region".Retrieved3 March2018– via NYTimes.com.

[3] "Daghestan: Anatomy Of A Permanent Crisis".RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.Retrieved3 March2018.

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