December 2013 Volgograd bombings
| December 2013 Volgograd bombings | |
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| Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus | |
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Site of the 29 December railway bombing
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Location of Volgograd Oblast in Russia
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| Location | Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia |
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48°42′45″N 44°30′49″E / 48.712498°N 44.513486°ECoordinates: 48°42′45″N 44°30′49″E / 48.712498°N 44.513486°E (railway station) 48°44′10″N 44°29′53″E / 48.736090°N 44.498013°E (trolleybus) |
| Date | 29 and 30 December 2013 |
| Target | Civilians in public transportation |
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Attack type
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Suicide bombings |
| Deaths |
32 (+2 perpetrators): Volgograd-1 station: 18 Trolleybus: 16 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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85: Volgograd-1 station: 44 Trolleybus: 41 |
| Perpetrators |
 Caucasus Emirate Vilayat Dagestan
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In December 2013, two separate suicide bombings a day apart targeted mass transportation in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia, killing 34 people overall, including both perpetrators. The attacks followed a bus bombing carried out in the same city two months earlier.
On 29 December 2013, a suicide bombing took place at the Volgograd-1 station in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia. It killed 18 people and injured at least 44, 38 of whom were hospitalized. The attack occurred around 12:45 Moscow Time, close to metal detectors near the entrance of the station. The bomb contained the equivalent of 10 kilograms (22 lb) of TNT. Footage of the explosion was captured by two CCTV cameras inside the station and one outside.
The attack was initially thought to have been carried out by a female suicide bomber, sometimes known in Russian as a shahidka ("Black Widow"). Authorities identified the perpetrator as Oksana Aslanova. However, there was later uncertainty as to the identity of the bomber, with some news agencies stating the perpetrator was male. Some sources reported that the last name of the perpetrator was Pavlov. On 30 December it was reported that the perpetrator was an ethnic Russian convert to Islam from the city of Volzhsk, in the Mari El Republic, by the name of Pavel Pechenkin, who changed his name to Ar-Rusi after conversion to Islam. He was born to an ethnic Russian father, Nikolai, and a Muslim mother, Fanaziya, who both appealed to their son to abstain from violence and attempted to find him in Dagestan. On 7 January some newspapers reported that Pechenkin was cleared from the accusation of being involved with the bombing.
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