2010 Kizlyar suicide bombings

2010 Kizlyar suicide bombings
Location Kizlyar, Dagestan, Russia
Date March 31, 2010
Target Offices of the local interior ministry and the FSB security agency
Attack type
 Suicide bombings
Deaths 12
Non-fatal injuries
 18

The 2010 Kizlyar bombings were double suicide attacks that occurred on March 31, 2010 in Kizlyar, in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan. 12 people were killed and another 18 injured.[1][2]

Background

The bombing came 48 hours after another attack on the Moscow Metro. Russia claimed the two attacks were related.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Deaths in North Caucasus blasts". english.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  2. ↑ "12 people die in two suicide bombings in Kizlyar". Reuters. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2010-04-01.

Coordinates: 53°51′N 46°43′E / 53.850°N 46.717°E / 53.850; 46.717

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