2014 Grozny bombing explained

2014 Grozny bombing
Caption:Location of Chechnya in Russia
Map:File:Map of Chechnya in Russia.svg
Map Size:250px
Date:5 October 2014
Location:Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Fatalities:6 (including the bomber)
Injuries:12
Perp:Caucasus Emirate
Weapons:Bomb

The 2014 Grozny bombing was a terrorist attack in the city of Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia. On October 5, 2014, a 19-year-old man named Opti Mudarov went to the town hall where an event was taking place to mark Grozny City Day celebrations coinciding with the birthday of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. Police officers noticed him acting strangely and stopped him. The officers began to search him and the bomb which Mudarov had been carrying exploded. Five officers, along with the suicide bomber, were killed, while 12 others were wounded.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Five killed in suicide bombing in Chechen capital. BBC News. 7 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Police officers killed in suicide bomb attack in Chechnya . 2014-10-08 . 2014-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213013102/http://www.euronews.com/2014/10/05/police-officers-killed-in-suicide-bomb-attack-in-chechnya/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Suicide bomb kills five police in Chechnya. News. 7 November 2014.