Tolyatti bus bombing
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Location | Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia |
Date | 31 October 2007 |
Target | Bus |
Weapons | Bomb |
Deaths | 8 [1][2] |
Injured | about 50 |
Perpetrator | unknown |
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Location of Tolyatti in Samara Oblast
The Tolyatti bus bombing occurred on October 31, 2007, during the morning rush hour when a bomb exploded on a passenger bus in Tolyatti a city in Samara Oblast. The blast killed at least 8 people and injuring about 50 in what Irina Doroshenko, a spokeswoman for the investigative wing of the local prosecutor's office, said could be a terrorist attack.[3] At the beginning of the investigation, it was believed to be the work of terrorists from the North Caucasian Federal District. Early reports indicated possible involvement of Chechen terrorist Doku Umarov. However, the officials later named a 21-year-old Evgeny Vakhrushev,[4] who also died in the blast, as the only person to be responsible for the tragedy.<[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "At least 8 people die in Tolyatti bus bombing". Reuters. October 31, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-2007-10-31-voa18-66516512/553338.html
- ^ Bomb on Russian Bus Kills at Least 8, Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 1 November 2007.
- ^ "Russian Police Say Suspect Identified in Deadly Bus Bombing". VOA. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "Eight killed in Russia bus blast". 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ Blomfield, Adrian (2007-11-01). "Eight killed by bus bomb in Russia". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
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