Attack type Suicide attack Non-fatal injuries 36 | Weapons Explosive belt Location Volgograd, Russia | |
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Date 21 October 2013
14.05 Moscow Time [10:05 GMT] Target Civilians on board a bus Deaths 8 (including the perpetrator) Similar December 2013 Volgogra, 2010 Moscow Metro bo, Domodedovo International Airport bo, 2012 Makhachkala attack, Moscow theater hostage c | ||
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On 21 October 2013, a suicide bombing took place on a bus in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia. The attack was carried out by a female perpetrator named Naida Sirazhudinovna Asiyalova (Russian: Наида Сиражудиновна Асиялова), who detonated an explosive belt containing 500–600 grams of TNT inside a bus carrying approximately 50 people, killing seven civilians and injuring at least 36 others.
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The bombing was committed by Naida Asiyalova, a 30-year-old fugitive from the Republic of Dagestan. Asiyalova was the wife of Dmitry Sokolov, a militant from Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital city. The suicide attack upon the bus in Volgograd was expected to take place in Moscow.
In response, authorities from the Volgograd Oblast declared three days of mourning. Members of the public donated blood for the victims of the blast.
On 22 October, the People's Republic of China condemned the bombing.
On 16 November, Russian security forces killed five insurgents, including Naida Asiyalova's husband, Dmitry Sokolov, who had converted to Islam under the name of Abdul Jabbar.