| 2008 Minsk bombing | |
| Location: | Minsk, Belarus |
| Date: | 4 July 2008 |
| Time: | Roughly 12:30 AM |
| Timezone: | UTC+3 (MSK) |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Injuries: | 54 |
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The 2008 Minsk bombing took place just after midnight on 4 July 2008, in Minsk, Belarus and wounded 54 people.[1] The explosion happened near the Hero City monument at a concert to celebrate Belarus' independence.[2] The concert had been attended by Belarus' President, Alexander Lukashenko, who was not hurt and whose officials said was not the target.[3]
A second, larger bomb was discovered before the blast.[1]
No clear motive for the blast has been revealed. However, Belarusian authorities detained four members of the White Legion, a nationalist group, in the days following the attack.[1] The probable perpetrators of the explosion were detained during the investigation of the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing.