2003 Stavropol train bombing
Appearance
Stavropol train bombing | |
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Location | Stavropol Krai |
Date | December 5 2003 |
Target | Regional train |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Deaths | At least 46 |
Injured | More than 170 |
Perpetrators | Riyadus-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]