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2003 Stavropol train bombing

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Stavropol train bombing
LocationStavropol Krai
DateDecember 5 2003
TargetRegional train
Attack type
Suicide bombing
DeathsAt least 46
InjuredMore than 170
PerpetratorsRiyadus-Salihiin

2003 Stavropol train bombing was a December 5 2003, suicide bomber blast which ripped through the commuter train in Stavropol Krai, Russia, which killed at least 46 people and injured more than 170.[1]

The rebel Chechen government denied it was responsible for the blast. It was another in the series of suicide bombings and other attacks in and around Chechnya and Moscow in 2003.[2]