| Conflict: | 2024 Karabulak clash |
| Partof: | the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus |
| Place: | Karabulak, Ingushetia, Russia |
| Date: | 2–3 March 2024 |
| Result: | Russian victory |
| Combatant1: | Russia |
| Combatant2: | Islamic State – Caucasus Province (Russian claim)[1] |
| Units2: | Ingush militant cell |
| Casualties1: | 3 police officers wounded (allegedly)[2] |
| Casualties2: | 5–6 militants killed 1 civilian killed (allegedly) |
The 2024 Karabulak clash was a deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants, claimed by Russian authorities to be affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. The incident was the most significant clash in years regarding the Islamic insurgencies in the North Caucasus.
A cell of six militants, of whom half were wanted by Russian authorities for a previous attack in 2022, barricaded themselves in a third-floor apartment, engaging in a lengthy firefight with Russian special forces.[3] Small-arms fire and explosives were exchanged between government and militant forces for hours continuously. A counter-terrorism operation regime was declared in Karabulak,[4] and the surrounding streets were consequently blocked off, as residents of the apartment complex were evacuated to a nearby school.
By noon of 3 March, TASS reported that the firefight was effectively over and that the militants were all killed, though Russian independent sources claimed that government forces also sustained casualties, and a bystander was killed.