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The gunman was also killed. The Russian Federal Security Service said that the native 18-year-old perpetrator was a known member of a neo-Nazi group. [56] On 27 December 2017 a bomb exploded in a supermarket in St Petersburg, injuring thirteen people. Vladimir Putin described this as a terrorist attack. [57]
At Russia's request, a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council was convened on the evening of 1 September 2004, at which the council members demanded "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages of the terrorist attack." [46] U.S. president George W. Bush made a statement offering "support in any form" to Russia. [47]
On 22 March 2024, a coordinated terrorist attack against civilians occurred at the Crocus City Hall music venue in Crocus City, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia.The attack began at around 20:00 MSK (), shortly before the Russian band Picnic was scheduled to play a sold-out show at the venue.
The bombings were the latest in a series of attacks in Russia since 1994, many attributed to Chechen militants or to the Caucasus Emirate. [11] Since 1999, Chechen separatists gradually shifted away from a pro-western approach of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, becoming strongly influenced by Salafi beliefs which placed them at odds not only with Russia and Pro-Russia Chechen President ...
Because of the terrorist attack, security measures were also strengthened in the Nizhny Novgorod metro. [27] Two weeks later, FSB released a statement says that Russian security operatives have detained Abror Azimov (born 1990), the alleged mastermind of the bombing, in Moscow in which he trained the suicide attacker. [citation needed]
In March 2024, an attack at a Moscow concert hall killed 145 people; the following month, Russia's FSB security service arrested four people in Dagestan suspected of involvement in the attack. [31] This was the deadliest attack in Russia since the Beslan school siege in 2004, and was claimed by the Islamic State .
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Moscow terrorist attack may refer to: 1977 Moscow bombings; 1999 Russian apartment bombings in Moscow; Moscow theater hostage crisis (2002) terrorist attack; 2004 Moscow Metro bombings (disambiguation) 2010 Moscow Metro bombings terrorist attack; Domodedovo International Airport bombing (2011) Crocus City Hall attack (2024)