2004 Nalchik raid
| 2004 Nalchik raid | |
|---|---|
| Location | Yarmuk Jamaat |
No. of participants | 6-10 |
The 2004 Nalchik raid was an armed attack against headquarters of the regional branch of the
Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) in Nalchik, capital of the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the North Caucasus
, which took place at about 3 to 6 a.m. of December 14, 2004.
According to the investigation, six to ten attackers, possibly helped by former or current FSKN staff, entered the building without any resistance, shot dead four officers (two guards, a driver and a member of a special unit, all of them ethnic
Kabardins, who were first captured and then executed in the basement), looted armory of rapid-response unit, and then set the office ablaze before driving away in a GAZelle minibus loaded with the captured weapons. According to an initial statements by the authorities, 36 assault rifles and 136 handguns were stolen in the attack. Later, however, figures for the lost weapons were put at 79 automatic and sniper rifles
and 182 handguns of all kinds.
It was the first-high-profile operation conducted by the local Islamist rebel group
2005 Nalchik raid, and over half of the group's members were killed, or captured. Fourteen are the subject of a manhunt.[1]
See also
- 2005 Nalchik raid
References
External links
- Caucasus gunmen kill four in raid, BBC News, 14 December 2004
- Nalchik Drug Officers Killed Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, December 17, 2004 (The St. Petersburg Times)
- 2 Held in Nalchik Attack, Associated Press, 23 December 2004 (The Moscow Times)