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| 2003 Znamenskoye suicide bombing | |
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| Part of theSecond Chechen War | |
 Location of Chechnya in Russia | |
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| Location | Znamenskoye,Nadterechny District,Chechnya,Russia |
| Date | 12 May 2003 |
Attack type | Suicide attack |
| Deaths | 59 |
| Injured | 200 |
TheZnamenskoye Grozny suicide bombing happened on May 12, 2003, inZnamenskoye inChechnya, when three rebelsuicide bombers, including two women, drove a truck bomb into a local government administration and theFederal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) directorate complex, killing at least 59 people[1] and injuring about 200, mostly civilians.
The complex contained the republicanheadquarters of the FSB. The mainstream wing of the rebels led byAslan Maskhadov denied involvement and condemned the attack.
A Chechen warlord Khozh-Akhmed Dushayev was blamed for organizing the blast. No formal charges were ever brought and Dushayev was killed in Ingushetia in June 2003.[2]
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