October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing

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"2013 Volgograd bus bombing" redirects here. For the December 2013 trolleybus bombing, see December 2013 Volgograd bombings.
October 2013 Volgograd bus bombing
Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus
File:Destroyed bus in Volgograd after the bombing.jpg
The bus targeted by Asiyalova after the bombing
Map of Russia - Volgograd Oblast (2008-03).svg
Location of Volgograd Oblast in Russia
Location Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia
Date 21 October 2013
14.05 Moscow Time [10:05 GMT]
Target Civilians on board a bus
Attack type
 Suicide attack
Weapons Explosive belt
Deaths 8 (including the perpetrator)
Injured 36[1]
Perpetrators Naida Asiyalova[2]

On 21 October 2013, a suicide bombing took place on a bus in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia. The attack was carried out by a female perpetrator named Naida Sirazhudinovna Asiyalova (Russian: Наида Сиражудиновна Асиялова), who detonated an explosive belt containing 500–600 grams of TNT inside a bus carrying approximately 50 people, killing seven civilians and injuring at least 36 others.[3][4][5][6][7]

Attack

The bombing was committed by Naida Asiyalova, a 30-year-old fugitive from the Republic of Dagestan. Asiyalova was the wife of Dmitry Sokolov, a militant from Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital city. The suicide attack upon the bus in Volgograd was expected to take place in Moscow.[8]

In response, authorities from the Volgograd Oblast declared three days of mourning. Members of the public donated blood for the victims of the blast.[9]

On 22 October, the People's Republic of China condemned the bombing.[10]

On 16 November, Russian security forces killed five insurgents, including Naida Asiyalova's husband, Dmitry Sokolov, who had converted to Islam under the name of Abdul Jabbar.[11][12][13]

Victims

  • Viktoria Koneva (20)
  • Maksim Letkov (16)
  • Kirill Litvinenko (18)
  • Yelena Mikhailova (29)
  • Maria Popadinets (18)
  • Yulia Prikhodchenko (22)[14]
  • Tatyana Vereshchagina (59)

References

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  6. ↑ Five dead, 27 injured in bus explosion in Volgograd region
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