| Grozny OMON ambush | |||||||
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| Part of Second Chechen War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Chechen OMON | Chechen separatists | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 21 killed, 7 wounded | At least 1 wounded | ||||||
The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18, 2002, when the Chechen insurgents killed about 21[1] and wounded seven republican OMON special police officers.
The ambush occurred just 90 metres from Chechnya's main police headquarters. The first bus in convoy hit a remote controlled mine, and the militants then opened fire on the line of vehicles from ruins of a nearby high-rise building.
The other version of the attack was presented by Nezavisimaya Gazeta, which claimed there were two connected attacks.[2]
The incident preceded by two hours President Vladimir Putin's mid-term state-of-the-nation address, in which he said the "military phase" of the Chechen conflict had been completed.