Shatoy ambush

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16. Apr. 1996

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42.87° N, 45.69° E

Platziert: town named in the title of the event it links, Shatoy.

1996 ambush in Chechnya

The Shatoy ambush was a significant event during the First Chechen War. It occurred near the town of Shatoy, located in the southern mountains of Chechnya. Chechen insurgents under the leadership of their Arab-born commander, Ibn al-Khattab, would launch an attack on a large Russian Armed Forces army convoy resulting in a three hour long battle.

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