Event
Mozdok truck bombing: A truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern Russia, near Chechnya
1 Aug 2003 · 43.75° N, 44.65° E
What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 2003
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 43.75° N, 44.65° E
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Mozdok.
Summary
Mozdok truck bombing: A truck bomb destroys a military hospital in Mozdok in Southern Russia, near Chechnya, killing 52 and wounding 82. The Russian government blames the attack on Chechen separatists. A media spokesman for rebel political leader, Aslan Maskhadov, denied any connection with the incident.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Северной Осетии взорвано здание Моздокского госпиталя”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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