A regional electric train in Stavropol Krai was commuting from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody in Stavropol Krai, when a suicide bomber armed with explosives equivalent to an estimated 7 kilograms (15 pounds) worth of TNT detonated as the train departed from the station in Yessentuki.
Responsibility for the attack was immediately pointed at Chechen terrorists, who had committed previous attacks on trains on the line shortly before, including one on September 3, 2003, killing 7 and injuring more than 80. Ibragim Israpilov, a former local official from Chechnya, was convicted in 2004 for organizing the September blast and sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment.[2] He is sometimes erroneously reported as being behind the December 5 bombing. Another series of suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks in and around Chechnya and Moscow also occurred in 2003, which added to suspicion.[3]
As of February 2023, there were no arrests or convictions for the Yessentuki attack.
2003, stavropol, train, bombing, terrorist, attack, that, occurred, december, 2003, yessentuki, stavropol, krai, russia, when, explosion, commuter, train, killed, least, people, injured, over, more, locationyessentuki, stavropol, krai, russiadatedecember, 2003. The 2003 Stavropol train bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on 5 December 2003 in Yessentuki Stavropol Krai Russia when an explosion on a commuter train killed at least 46 people and injured over 170 more 1 2003 Stavropol train bombingLocationYessentuki Stavropol Krai RussiaDateDecember 5 2003TargetStavropol Krai regional trainAttack typesuicide bombingDeaths46 Injured170 PerpetratorsunknownMotiveunknown A regional electric train in Stavropol Krai was commuting from Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody in Stavropol Krai when a suicide bomber armed with explosives equivalent to an estimated 7 kilograms 15 pounds worth of TNT detonated as the train departed from the station in Yessentuki Responsibility for the attack was immediately pointed at Chechen terrorists who had committed previous attacks on trains on the line shortly before including one on September 3 2003 killing 7 and injuring more than 80 Ibragim Israpilov a former local official from Chechnya was convicted in 2004 for organizing the September blast and sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment 2 He is sometimes erroneously reported as being behind the December 5 bombing Another series of suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks in and around Chechnya and Moscow also occurred in 2003 which added to suspicion 3 As of February 2023 there were no arrests or convictions for the Yessentuki attack See also editList of terrorist incidents involving railway systemsReferences edit Death of another victim takes Russian train blast toll to 46 permanent dead link Chistoserdechnoe priznanie peresmotru ne podlezhit Retrieved 29 March 2017 36 killed in train blast near Chechnya Retrieved 29 March 2017 nbsp nbsp This Russian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This massacre related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte 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 2003 Stavropol train bombing amp oldid 1139351044, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
