2003 Tushino bombing
| 2003 Tushino bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Spillover of the Suicide bombing | |
| Deaths | 15 (+2 terrorists) |
| Injured | 60 |
| Perpetrators | Caucasus Emirate |
The 2003 Tushino bombing was a
, killing 15 people and injuring up to 60 more.According to the official version, two
suicide bombers) committed suicide attacks at the entrance to a rock festival called Krylya (Russian: Крылья, lit. Wings) being held at the Tushino airfield in north-western Moscow. The first bomber, 20-year-old Zulikhan Elikhadzhiyeva, detonated her bomb which only partially exploded, killing only herself.[1] Only a few meters away from where Elikhadzhiyeva had detonated, 26-year-old Zinaida Aliyeva detonated her explosives 15 minutes later, killing 11 people on the spot while at least 60 people were injured, with four of them later dying in hospital.[2] Russian authorities stated that had the suicide bombers been able to enter the airfield, the casualties would have been significantly higher.[2]
They opened a criminal investigation into the attack.
The Tushino bombing was part of a string of suicide attacks in Russia that had occurred within the previous four months, killing 165 people in total, in the context of the Second Chechen War.
See also
References
- ^ Female Suicide Bombers Unnerve Russians Archived 2015-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 7, 2003
- ^ a b Two Moscow concert bombers kill 14 Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, CNN, July 6, 2003
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