Grozny refugee convoy shooting

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Grozny safe corridor shooting incident happened on December 3, 1999 when at least 40 people fleeing the Chechen capital Grozny were killed by a Russian troops, leaving only seven wounded survivors.

The refugee convoy consisting of seven cars and one bus marked with white flags was heading towards the border with Ingushetia, when the masked special forces soldiers at a roadblock near the village of Goity opened fire at close range without warning.

Later, the troops then gave the first aid to the handful of survivors and allowed them to go in one damaged car, and eventually reach the hospital in Sleptsovskaya, Ingushetia.

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