2003 Red Square bombing

Red Square bombing
Location	Red Square, Moscow
Date	December 9, 2003
Target	Unknown
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	6
Injured	44
Perpetrator(s)	Riyadus-Salihiin

Major terrorist attacks in post-Soviet Russia

Bold indicates attacks resulting in over 50 deaths 1995: Budyonnovsk – 1996: Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye – 1999: Vladikavkaz – Russian apartment bombings – 2002: Kaspiysk bombing – Moscow crisis – Grozny 2003: Znamenskoye bombing – Tushino – Stavropol bombing – Red Square bombing – 2004: Moscow metro bombing 1 – Grozny Dynamo stadium – Moscow metro bombing 2 – Aircraft bombings – Beslan crisis – 2006: Cherkizovsky Market, Moscow – 2008: Vladikavkaz – 2009: Nazran – Nevsky Express – 2010: Moscow metro bombing 3 – Kizlyar – Vladikavkaz – 2011: Domodedovo Airport bombing

Part of the First Chechen War, Invasion of Dagestan (1999), Second Chechen War and North Caucasus Insurgency

The 2003 Red Square bombing was the 9 December 2003 suicide bombing on Mohovaja street in Moscow.

According to police, a female suicide bomber set off a explosive belt on a busy street close to the Moscow Kremlin, killing six people and injuring 44. Moscow's mayor Yuri Luzhkov reported speculation that the bomber had intended to target the nearby Moscow City Hall or State Duma instead. According to the investigation ^[1], the suicide bomber was identified as Khadishat (in other sources - Khedizhi) Mangerieva, a widow of a Chechen rebel commander of Kurchaloyevsky District, Ruslan Mangeriev, who was killed during the Second Chechen War.

Inga Gizoeva's role

One of the victims, Inga (Inna) Gizoeva, was suspected to be a helper of Mangerieva. After speculation, several Russian newspapers printed apologies to Gizoeva's parents.

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References

^ Widow does not come alone, Kommersant, August 10, 2004