Incident Summary:

12/17/2009: On Thursday, at 1310, a person driving a hijacked Lada-Priora car drove up to a group of highway policemen and triggered an explosive device equivalent to five kilograms of TNT. The attack took place at the Volga 16 DPS police post in Nazran, Russia. Ten interior troops, three local policemen and 10 civilians were wounded in the incident. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

GTD ID:
200912170014

When:
2009-12-17

Country:
Russia

Region:
Eastern Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Ingushetia

City:
Nazran

Location Details:
The specific location of the attack was not reported.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity
Specific Description The target of the attack was a group of policemen.
Nationality of Target Pakistan
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Unknown
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Vehicle
Weapon Details
A pressure triggered explosive device was used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?Yes
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators 1
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 18 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 1
Total Number of Injured 18
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
Itar Tass News Agency, "One Killed, Eighteen Wounded In Terrorist Act In Nazran," LexisNexis Academic, Itar Tass News Agency, December 17, 2009.
Itar Tass News Agency, "Twenty-Three Wounded In Terrorist Act In Nazran," LexisNexis Academic, Itar Tass News Agency, December 17, 2009.
RETWA (Russia-Eurasia Terror Watch), "Suicide Bomber Kills and Wounds Twenty-Three at Police Post," http://www.retwa.com/home.cfm?articleDate=17Dec2009 (December 17, 2009).