The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18, 2002, when Checheninsurgents killed about 8[1] and wounded two republican OMON special police officers.
The ambush occurred just 90 meters from Chechnya's main police headquarters. The first bus in a convoy hit a remote controlled mine, and the militants then opened fire on the line of vehicles from the ruins of a nearby high-rise building.
Another version of the attack was presented by Nezavisimaya Gazeta, which claimed there were two connected attacks.[2]
The incident preceded by two hours PresidentVladimir Putin's mid-term state-of-the-nation address, in which he said the "military phase" of the Chechen conflict had been completed.
2002, grozny, omon, ambush, grozny, omon, ambushpart, second, chechen, wardateapril, 2002locationgrozny, chechnyaresultinsurgent, victorybelligerents, chechnya, chechen, republic, ichkeriacasualties, losses21, killed, multiple, woundedunknown, occurred, april,. 43 24 00 N 45 42 58 E 43 4 N 45 716 E 43 4 45 716 Grozny OMON ambushPart of Second Chechen WarDateApril 18 2002LocationGrozny ChechnyaResultInsurgent victoryBelligerents Chechnya Chechen Republic of IchkeriaCasualties and losses21 killed multiple woundedUnknown The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18 2002 when Chechen insurgents killed about 8 1 and wounded two republican OMON special police officers The ambush occurred just 90 meters from Chechnya s main police headquarters The first bus in a convoy hit a remote controlled mine and the militants then opened fire on the line of vehicles from the ruins of a nearby high rise building Another 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 References edit 21 Officers Die in Grozny Blast SECURITY FORCES CARRY OUT A LARGE ZACHISTKA IN CHECHEN CAPITAL Archived from the original on 2006 10 17 Retrieved 2007 03 29 External links editMine Leaves 21 OMON Troops Dead The St Petersburg Times April 19 2002 nbsp This Chechnya related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 Grozny OMON ambush amp oldid 1210815580, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
