On September 11, 2001, in the United States, suicide bombers from the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda hijacked passenger planes and crashed them into two towers of the World War II. shopping center(New York) and to the Pentagon building - the headquarters of the US Department of Defense (Arlington County, Virginia). The fourth hijacked airliner crashed near Shanksville (Pennsylvania). As a result of this world's largest series of terrorist attacks, 2 thousand 996 people were killed and over 6 thousand people were injured. The organizer of the terrorist attack was the al-Qaeda group and its leader Osama bin Laden.
2. Beslan. Russia. 335 dead
On September 1, 2004, in Beslan (North Ossetia-Alania), militants led by Ruslan Khuchbarov (“Rasul”) captured more than 1 thousand 100 students from school number 1, their relatives and teachers. On September 2, after negotiations with the ex-president of the Republic of Ingushetia, Ruslan Aushev, the bandits released 25 women and children. On September 3, shooting and explosions began at the school, which forced an assault. Most of the hostages were released, 335 people died. Among the dead were 186 children, 17 teachers and school staff, 10 employees of the Russian FSB, two employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The militants were destroyed, only one survived - Nurpashi Kulaev (in 2006 sentenced to death penalty, commuted to life imprisonment due to the moratorium on executions). International terrorist Shamil Basayev (liquidated in 2006) took responsibility for the terrorist attack.
3. Boeing 747 Air India. 329 dead
On June 23, 1985, an Air India Boeing 747 passenger plane, flying flight AI182 on the route Montreal (Canada) - London - Delhi, crashed in the waters Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland. The cause of the disaster was the explosion of a bomb planted in luggage by Indian Sikh extremists. All 329 people on board (307 passengers and 22 crew members) were killed in the disaster. Canadian citizen Inderjit Singh Reyat was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of participating in the preparation of a terrorist attack in 2003. Prior to this, he served a 10-year prison sentence for preparing an explosion at Narita Airport (Japan), which occurred on the same day as the VT-EFO disaster. Reyat was later charged with perjury and sentenced to 9 years in prison in 2011.
4. Boko-Haram attack in Nigeria. More than 300 dead
On May 5-6, 2014, gunmen killed over 300 residents in a nighttime attack on the town of Gamboru, Borno State. Survivors fled to neighboring Cameroon. Most of the city was destroyed.
5. Lockerbie attack. 270 dead
On December 21, 1988, a Boeing 747 passenger plane of Pan Am (USA), performing regular flight 103 on the route Frankfurt am Main - London - New York - Detroit, crashed in the air over Lockerbie (Scotland). A bomb placed in luggage exploded on board. All 243 passengers and 16 crew members on board, as well as 11 people on the ground, were killed. In 1991, two Libyan citizens were accused of organizing an explosion. In 1999, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi agreed to hand over both suspects to a Dutch court. One of them, Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, was found guilty on January 31, 2001 and sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 2009 due to a fatal illness diagnosed in him, died in 2012). In 2003, the Libyan authorities admitted responsibility for the terrorist attack and paid compensation in the total amount of 2.7 billion US dollars - 10 million dollars for each person killed.
6. Bombay attacks. India. 257 dead
On March 12, 1993, 13 car bombs were simultaneously detonated in crowded areas of Bombay (now Mumbai). The terrorist attack killed 257 people and injured over 700. The investigation established that the organizers of the explosions were Islamic terrorists. The attack was a response to earlier clashes between Muslims and Hindus in the city. One of the organizers, Yakub Memon, was sentenced to death, which was carried out on July 30, 2015. Two of his accomplices are wanted.
7. Aircraft A321 "Kogalymavia". 224 dead
On October 31, 2015, a passenger aircraft Airbus A321-231 of the Russian airline Metrojet (Kogalymavia), flying flight 9268 from Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) to St. Petersburg, crashed 100 km from the city of El-Arish in the north Sinai Peninsula. There were 224 people on board - 217 passengers and seven crew members, all of whom died.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised that those responsible and those involved in the terrorist attack on the plane would be found and punished. “We must do this without a statute of limitations, know them all by name. We will look for them wherever they are hiding. We will find them anywhere on the planet and punish them,” Putin assured.
8. Bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 224 dead
On August 7, 1998, two simultaneous terrorist attacks occurred in Nairobi (the capital of Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (the former capital of Tanzania), targeting the US embassies in these countries. Parked trucks filled with explosives exploded near the embassies. A total of 224 people died, of which 12 were US citizens, the rest were local residents. The organizer of the explosions was the al-Qaeda group.
9. Terrorist attacks in Mumbai. India. 209 dead
On July 11, 2006, Islamic terrorists detonated explosive devices hidden in pressure cookers in the carriages of seven local trains in the suburbs of Mumbai (Khar Road, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Mahim, Borivli, Matunga stations " and "Mira Road"). The attack occurred during the evening rush hour. 209 people were killed and more than 700 were injured. At the end of the investigation into the crime, the court sentenced 12 people to various prison terms, 5 of them were sentenced to death.
10.Terrorist attack in Bali. Indonesia. 202 dead
On October 12, 2002, as a result of a suicide attack and car bomb explosion near nightclubs in the resort town of Kuta (Bali), 202 people were killed, of which 164 were Foreign tourists. 209 people were injured. About 30 people were arrested in connection with the terrorist attack. In 2003, an Indonesian court recognized a number of members of the Jamaah Islamiyah organization as the organizers of the terrorist attack. In 2008, three of them - Abdul Aziz, also known as Imam Samudra, Amrozi bin Nurhasim and Ali (Muklas) Gurfon - were executed by court. Muklas' brother Ali Imron was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Al-Qaeda mentioned in the material is included in the Unified Federal List of Organizations recognized as terrorist in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Their activities on the territory of the Russian Federation are prohibited.
These disgusting examples of senseless cruelty continue to horrify even years later. Terrorist acts cause damage primarily psychological state of people. While the country's economy recovers from the attack within months, the sense of insecurity among the civilian population continues for years.
Our top ten today contains the most notorious terrorist attacks of the 21st century according to RBC.Rating.
The city of Qakhtanya, inhabited by Yazidi Kurds, a religious minority, was targeted by terrorists who blew up four fuel tankers loaded with explosives. At least 500 people were injured in the explosions.
9. Bombings in London (07/07/2005 and 07/21/2005, UK)
The first four explosions in the London Underground killed 52 people and injured about 700 more. The second series of terrorist attacks, fortunately, resulted in no casualties. All surviving terrorists were brought to justice.
8. Terrorist attack in Beslan (09/01/2004 - 09/03/2004, Russia)
One of the most brutal terrorist attacks in history. For more than two days, the terrorists held about 1,100 people hostage, mostly children. As a result of the terrorist attack, 334 people died, of which 186 were children. The only surviving terrorist was sentenced to life imprisonment.
7. A series of explosions in Iraq (06/24/2004, Iraq)
A series of explosions and attacks on police stations affected five cities in the country. More than 70 people were killed and dozens were seriously injured.
6. Terrorist attacks in Madrid (03/11/2004, Spain)
Took place 3 days before the parliamentary elections. As a result of four explosions in electric train cars, 191 people were killed and 2,050 passengers were injured. It is noteworthy that the explosions took place exactly 911 days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States.
5. Explosions in the Moscow metro (02/06/2004 and 03/29/2010, Russia)
In 2004, a suicide bomber killed 41 people and injured 250. In 2010, two explosions also killed 41 people and injured 88 people. Doku Umarov took responsibility for the latest terrorist attack.
4. Terrorist attacks in Istanbul (11/15/2003 and 11/20/2003, Türkiye)
As a result of the first terrorist attack, suicide car bombs killed 25 people and injured more than 300. Five days later, a series of explosions killed another 28 people and injured 450. Al-Qaeda, as well as the Islamist group of radicals “Front of Islamic Conquerors of the Great East,” claimed responsibility for the attacks.
3. Terrorist attack on Dubrovka (“Nord-Ost”) (10/23/2002 - 10/26/2002, Russia)
A group of armed terrorists held 916 people for several days in the building of the Moscow Bearing House of Culture. As a result of the operation security forces all the militants were eliminated. According to official statistics, 130 hostages died. Shamil Basayev took responsibility for the terrorist attack.
2. Terrorist attacks in Bali (10/12/2002, Indonesia)
The worst terrorist attack in Indonesian history killed 202 people, 164 of whom were foreigners. The radical organization Jemaah Islamiyah was found responsible for the three explosions. Three organizers were sentenced to death.
1. The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 (09/11/2001, USA)
Responsibility for world's largest terrorist attack Al-Qaeda took over. Nineteen terrorists, having hijacked four passenger airliners, carried out a suicide attack unprecedented in its scale of cruelty. As a result of plane crashes, the destruction of the World Trade Center towers and damage to the Pentagon, 2,974 people died.
What is a terrorist attack? In other words, this is the commission of an explosion, shooting, arson or other similar actions that frighten the population and necessarily create a danger of human death.
This article will talk about the terrible world tragedies that were a consequence of the actions of bandit groups and led to numerous losses among the population. The article provides a list of the largest terrorist attacks in the world.
Responsibility for such disasters, as a rule, is taken by groups hiding behind Islam.
Top 10 loudest of the 21st century
Here is a list of the world's largest tragedies by number of victims.
1. September terrorist attack in 2004 in Beslan, North Ossetia. As a result, 335 people were killed (including 186 children), 2000 were injured.
2. March 2004 - the largest terrorist attack in Europe since the 2nd World War, committed in 4 Madrid trains (Spain). A total of 192 people were killed and 2,000 were injured.
4. One of the most bloody terrorist attacks in Pakistan occurred in October 2007. The result was 140 dead and 500 wounded.
5. In October 2002, on Dubrovka in Moscow, during a performance of a musical called “Nord-Ost,” a group of armed militants killed 130 people. More than 900 people became hostages.
6. The world's largest terrorist attack occurred in the United States of America in 2001 on September 11th. The actions of the militants (4 passenger planes were hijacked) resulted in 2,973 casualties.
7. In September 1999, an explosion occurred on the street. Guryanov in a 9-story building in Moscow. As a result, 92 people were killed and 264 were injured.
Another explosion 3 days later, also in a residential building, claimed 124 lives and injured 9 people.
8. As a result of the militant attack in June 1995 on the city of Budenovsk, 129 people were killed and 415 were injured. More than 1,600 hostages were taken to hospitals.
9. The explosion of a Boeing 747 flight from London to New York over Scotland in December 1988 killed 270 passengers and crew members.
10. Russian plane crash passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula in 2015 killed 224 people.
Below are more detailed description some of the most tragic terrorist attacks.
Twin Towers
Let's look at the largest terrorist attacks abroad using the example of 2 events that brought a huge number of victims, especially among American citizens.
The day of September 11th became a mourning day for all residents of this country and people around the world. Terrorists numbering 11 (the international territorial organization Al-Qaeda), divided into 4 groups, hijacked four passenger airliners in the United States and sent 2 of them to the New York Twin Towers of a large shopping center.
Both towers were collapsed along with adjacent buildings. The 3rd plane was directed towards the Pentagon building (not far from Washington). The crew of the 4th plane, together with the passengers of the flight, tried to escape by seizing control of the airliner from the terrorists. However, it crashed in Pennsylvania (Shanksville).
The worst terrorist attack in history killed a total of 2,973 human lives(including 60 police officers and 343 firefighters). The exact amount of damage caused is unknown (about $500 billion).
"Boeing 747"
As a result of the Boeing 747 crash over Scotland in 1988, 259 passengers and crew members and 11 residents of the town were killed.
It was an American PanAmerican plane flying from London to New York. This terrible disaster It turned out to be tragic for some residents of Lockerbie, due to the destruction of the liner on the ground. Among the dead were mainly citizens of Great Britain and the United States.
Charges were brought against 2 Libyans, although the state itself did not officially admit guilt. However, it paid compensation to the families of the victims of this tragedy (Lockerbie).
In connection with the events that took place, in 1992 the UN Security Council imposed international sanctions against the regime of M. Gaddafi, which were subsequently lifted.
During all this time, many assumptions have been made about the involvement of senior representatives of the Libyan leadership in organizing that disaster, but none of them (except the guilt former employee intelligence services of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi) was not proven by the court.
These two cases represent the largest terrorist attacks in the world.
Tragedy in Beslan
Russia has suffered a huge number of terrorist attacks, which resulted in many casualties among innocent people. civilians, including children.
The terrible tragedy in Beslan (North Ossetia) is the world's largest terrorist attack that claimed lives huge amount children.
On September 1, a detachment of terrorists (30 people) under the leadership of R. Khachbarov seized the building of school No. 1, where he held 1,128 people hostage (mostly children). The next day (Sept. 2), the ex-president of the Republic of Ingushetia, Ruslan Aushev, who was let into the school building by the bandits, managed to persuade the invaders to release about 25 women with small children and release with him.
Everything happened spontaneously. When in the middle of the day a car drove into the school site with the aim of picking up the corpses of people killed by bandits, several explosions were suddenly heard in the building itself, after which shooting began from all sides. Women and children began to jump out of the opening in the wall and out of the windows. At that time, all the men in the school had already been killed by terrorists.
The surviving children and women were released.
"Nord-Ost"
Many of the world's largest terrorist attacks involved the taking of huge numbers of hostages. This happened in Moscow on October 23, 2002 (21:15).
Militants led by M. Baraev broke into the Theater Center, located on Dubrovka (Melnikova Street), during the performance of “Nord-Ost”. There were only 916 people in the building at that time (including approximately 100 children).
The room was completely mined by the militants. Attempts to establish contact with them were successful, and after a certain time, State Duma deputy I. Kobzon, journalist M. Franchetti and 2 doctors from the Red Cross were able to enter the seized building. Thanks to their actions, 1 woman and three children were taken out of the building.
On the evening of October 24, the Al-Jazeera TV channel showed Barayev. This video was recorded before the theater center was captured. In it, the terrorists presented themselves as suicide bombers, and their demand was to withdraw Russian troops from Chechnya.
On October 26, special forces carried out an assault using nerve gas, after which they captured the building, and the terrorists, along with the leader, were completely destroyed (50 people). Among them were women (18). Three bandits were detained.
A total of 130 people died.
Statistics on victims of terrorist attacks over the past 10 years
Over the past 10 years, more than 6 thousand terrorist attacks have occurred worldwide. More than 25 thousand people became their victims.
Currently, according to various expert estimates, there are approximately 500 extremist groups and terrorist organizations. The worrying fact is that in Lately More and more often, the targets of these gangster formations are places of mass gathering of citizens (remember the largest terrorist attack in the world).
Also, so-called “technological terrorism” is increasingly taking place, where the latest developments and technologies are used. In addition, recently there has been an increase in extremism among young people. The targets of attacks are increasingly Foreign citizens, differing in their ethnicity.
2015 terrorist attack
The world's largest terrorist attack in the air occurred recently - in 2015 in the skies over Egypt.
The terrible accident with the Airbus-A321 aircraft (Russian airline Kogalymavia) was a shock for the entire society.
During the flight, an explosive device went off on board the aircraft. homemade device, amounting to a power of up to 1 kg. into TNT. equivalent. This happened on October 31st. A total of 224 people died. After this tragedy, the Federal Air Transport Agency suspended regular, transit and charter passenger flights to Egypt from November 6.
A group from the Sinai wilayat (province) of the banned “Islamic State” (IS) in Russia took responsibility for the crime.
What happened on the peninsula is one of the bloodiest in the world.
Conclusion
In the 21st century, terrorism has become quite active and more sophisticated. Numerous news about tragedies fill the press and television channels. Almost every month (or even more often) terrible attacks are committed all over the planet, claiming the lives of civilians. This kind of action is a disease of the earth. Attempts by some authorities to protect the population from such disasters have so far been unsuccessful.
May 9, 2002 - terrorist attack V Kaspiysk (Dagestan). The explosive device went off as a festive column of troops passed by. 45 people were killed, including 12 children, and more than 170 were injured.
October 23 - October 26, 2002- T The attack on Dubrovka. An armed group of 40 terrorists broke into the building where the popular musical "Nord-Ost" was being performed and took 912 people hostage, including women and children. Almost three days later, the building was stormed, as a result of which the terrorists were destroyed and the surviving hostages were freed. 130 hostages became victims of the terrorist attack. 
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February 6, 2004 On the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow metro, on the stretch between the Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations, an explosion occurred in a train carriage. A strong fire broke out in the tunnel. As a result of the terrorist attack, 41 people were killed and more than 130 were injured. 
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September 1, 2004. As a result of the terrorist takeover Beslan school No. 1, more than 1,200 people were taken hostage. 334 people were killed and later died from injuries, 186 of them were children. 126 former hostages became disabled, 70 of whom were children. 
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October 13, 2005 at approximately 9.20 a.m. Moscow time during a drill review of security forces personnel in Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria) the buildings of departments and divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB directorate, Center “T” and the border guard unit were attacked by 12 groups of militants. As a result, 87 terrorists were killed and 50 were detained, 12 civilians and 35 police and security officers were killed, more than 100 people were wounded, including 85 law enforcement officers. 
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August 21, 2006- explosion at the Cherkizovsky market in Moscow. The explosion killed 14 people and injured 61 people. 
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November 27, 2009 on the railway tracks near the village of Lykoshino on the 284th kilometer of Oktyabrskaya railway two explosive devices were planted and detonated during the passage high speed train "Nevsky Express"The terrorist attack claimed the lives of 27 people and injured more than 150 passengers. 
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March 29, 2010 on the Sokolnicheskaya line Moscow metro During the morning rush hour at the Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations, two female suicide bombers detonated shell-free explosive devices. As a result of the terrorist attacks, 40 people were killed and more than 140 were injured of varying degrees of severity. 
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January 24, 2011 in the international arrivals hall of the airport Domodedovo the terrorist detonated a homemade explosive attached to his belt. The explosion killed 37 people and injured 172 people. 
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in the country as still very serious.
August 8, 2000. In the center of Moscow, an explosion occurred in an underground passage under Pushkin Square, after which a fire started. The bomb was in a bag that was left at one of the kiosks. 7 people died on the spot, 6 more died later in hospitals from their injuries. 118 people, including 6 children, were injured of varying degrees of severity. The shopping pavilions and partly the passage structures were destroyed.
March 15, 2001. A plane was hijacked, heading from Istanbul to Moscow, which, at the request of terrorists, landed in Saudi Arabia. There were more than 160 passengers and 12 crew members on board the liner. The next day, at Medina airport, Saudi special forces stormed the hostages, but three people (including one of the hostages) were killed. Among the dead is flight attendant Yulia Fomina. The terrorists turned out to be residents of Chechnya Supyan Arsaev (killed during the attack on the plane), and his nephews Denis Magomedzaev and Idris Arsaev).
April 28, 2002. Bomb explosion at the central market in Vladikavkaz. Ten people were killed and 40 were injured. The perpetrators of the terrorist attack, Ruslan Chakhkiev and Movsar Temirbiev, natives of the Ingush village of Kartsa in North Ossetia, were detained and convicted in July 2002. Chakhkiev was sentenced to 24 years in prison, Temirbiev to 18 years.
May 9, 2002. In the center of Kaspiysk (Dagestan) during the celebrations, dedicated to the Day Victory, the bomb exploded. 43 people died, including 12 children.
The organizer of the crime, according to investigators, was a native of Buinaksk (Dagestan) Rappani Khalilov, the leader of one of the gangs operating in Chechnya and Dagestan. According to investigators, the sponsor of the crime was a citizen of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia Abu Al-Walid Al-Hamidi, killed during an operation by federal forces in 2004.
October 23, 2002. A group of armed men took about 800 people hostage in the Moscow Theater Center on Dubrovka. During the storming of the building and the release of the hostages, all the attackers (41 people) were killed. Due to inconsistency in the use of paralyzing agents during the storming of the building and the evacuation of people caught in the affected area, 117 hostages died. Five hostages were shot dead by terrorists.
According to the investigative authorities, the organizers of the terrorist act were a resident of Chechnya, Ruslan Elmurzaev, who was killed during the storming of a building on Dubrovka, as well as a resident of Ingushetia, Aslanbek Khaskhanov (detained in Nazran in May 2003).
December 27, 2002. Two trucks loaded with explosives, arriving from the territory of Ingushetia, crashed into the Chechen Government House complex in Grozny and exploded. 83 people were killed and about 200 more were injured. The building was completely destroyed. Shamil Basayev took responsibility for the terrorist attack. One of the suicide bombers who carried out the attack was a native of Achkhoy-Martan, Gelani Tumriev.
May 12, 2003. Terrorist attack in the village of Znamenskoye, Nadterechny district of Chechnya. A KamAZ car, driven by a suicide bomber and loaded with explosives, broke through a barrier and exploded near the buildings of the Nadterechny district administration and the district FSB department. 60 people were killed and more than 200 people were injured. The terrorist attack was carried out by the group of Khozh-Akhmed Dushaev. In June 2003, the organizer of the crime was killed during a special operation in the village of Ekazhevo, Ingushetia.
July 5, 2003. As a result of two explosions during the Wings rock festival of thousands, held at the Tushinsky airfield in Moscow, 16 people were killed, including two women who detonated the explosive devices, and 57 people were injured. The suicide bombers turned out to be Zulikhan Elikhadzhieva and Maryam Sharipova.
July 10, 2003. In a restaurant on 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street in Moscow, a resident of Chechnya, Zarema Muzhikhoeva, was detained as she intended to detonate a bomb hidden in her bag. During the operation to defuse the bomb, an explosives technician, FSB Major Georgy Trofimov, died. In April 2004, Muzhikhoeva was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The crime was organized by the terrorist group of Magomed Kodzoev and Rustam Ganiev.
September 3, 2003 Under the train car "Kislovodsk - Mineral water"two explosions occurred that damaged the railway track. 7 people were killed. 92 were injured. The court found Chechen resident Ibragim Israpilov guilty of organizing the explosion of an electric train. Israpilov was sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to the testimony of the convict, the organizer and customer of the terrorist attack was one of the leaders of the gangs Doku Umarov.
December 5, 2003. A powerful explosion occurred in the second head car of the Kislovodsk-Minvody train, when the electric train drove 500 m from the Essentuki station. 44 people were killed, another 156 were injured, including 62 children. Prosecutor General Ustinov took personal control of the investigation. Law enforcement authorities detained the organizer of the terrorist attack, Ibragim Israpilov, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
December 9, 2003. Not far from the Kremlin and the building State Duma In Moscow, a suicidal woman blew herself up near the National Hotel. Six people were killed and more than ten were injured. According to investigative authorities, the suicide bomber was Khedizhi Mangerieva, a native of the Chechen village of Kurchaloy.
February 6, 2004. At rush hour, an explosive device went off in a Moscow metro train traveling from Avtozavodskaya to Paveletskaya station. The explosion killed 40 people and injured 134. According to investigative authorities, the perpetrator of the suicide bombing was a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia Anzor Izhaev, who had previously been wanted for crimes committed. In March 2004, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, Azret Khubiev, suspected of organizing the crime, was detained.
May 9, 2004. As a result of an explosion at a crowded stadium in Grozny, the President of the Chechen Republic Akhmad Kadyrov, the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic Khusein Isaev and five other people were killed. The bomb was planted in the grandstand and went off during the Victory Day celebrations, injuring more than 40 people. According to Ramzan Kadyrov, all militants involved in the terrorist attack were killed.
June 4, 2004. Bomb explosion at a market in Samara. 10 dead, 59 injured. According to investigative authorities, the organizer of the terrorist attack is a former cadet of the Rostov Military School, Pavel Kosolapov, and the perpetrator of the crime is a resident of Kazakhstan, Erkingali Taizhanov. The latter was detained by law enforcement agencies on the territory of Kazakhstan, but hanged himself in prison.
August 24, 2004. Explosions in two civilian aircraft carried out using female suicide bombers. In the Tula region, a Tu-134 plane crashed on a Moscow-Volgograd flight, and in the Rostov region a Tu-154 on a Moscow-Sochi flight crashed. 89 people, all passengers and crew members of both aircraft, were killed. The suicide bombers turned out to be Aminat Nagaeva and Satsita Dzhebirkhanova, natives of Chechnya. The organizer of the crime is Shamil Basayev.
August 31, 2004. An explosion occurred near the Rizhskaya metro station in the center of Moscow. 11 people were killed and about 40 were injured. The explosion was carried out by a female suicide bomber who was not identified by the investigation. According to investigators, as a result of the explosion, the organizer of this crime, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia Nikolai Kipkeev, a member of the terrorist group of Akhmed Gochiyaev, also accidentally died.
September 1, 2004. In the city of Beslan (North Ossetia), a detachment of terrorists led by Rasul Khachbarov (also known as the Colonel), numbering more than 30 people (including women), seized the building of a secondary secondary school No. 1. Children, their teachers and parents who came to the festive “line-up” were taken hostage. For more than two days, about 1,300 hostages were held in a mined school building. On September 3, a spontaneous operation to free the hostages was carried out. At 13.05 there was an explosion of two bombs planted by terrorists in the gym where most of the hostages were located. The result of the terrorist attack was more than 330 deaths (including 172 children, as well as 10 employees of the Special Purpose Center of the FSB of the Russian Federation (TsSN FSB of the Russian Federation) and 15 police officers. Of the militants, only one survived and was detained - Nurpasha Kulaev, whom the Supreme Court North Ossetia was sentenced to life imprisonment.
August 13, 2007. On the railway section Burga - Malaya Vishera ( Russian Federation, Novgorod region, Malovishersky district) under the locomotive of the Nevsky Express passenger train, en route Moscow - St. Petersburg, an explosive device planted in the embankment of the railway track went off. The train carriages contained 20 members of the maintenance crew and 231 passengers. About 60 people were injured.
The material was prepared based on information from open sources