| Attack on Abu Bakr Mosque of Baku | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus | |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Date | August 17, 2008 |
| Target | Abu Bakr mosque |
| Weapons | grenade |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 11 |
| Perpetrators | Unknown |
The Attack on Abu Bakr Mosque of Baku took place on August 17, 2008, when a grenade was thrown through a window of the Abu Bakr (Abu-Bekir) mosque in central Baku, Azerbaijan, during the evening prayer.[1][2] Three people were killed and eleven more were injured.[3] The Azerbaijani security forces accused the Russia-based Islamist Jihadist group, the Derbent Jamaat for the attack[4] and launched the Operation Eagle.[5]
- ^ United States condemns attack on the Abu Bakr Mosque in Azerbaijan’s capital, ANS press, 2008 Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Azeri president to oversee mosque blast probe, 18 Aug 2008, Reuters, By Lada Yevgrashina
- ^ "Дагестанского боевика сняли из подствольника // Ликвидирован командир группы "Южная"". Kommersant (in Russian). 9 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
derbentwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Azərbaycanda "Meşə qardaşları" təşkilatının üzvləri zərərsizləşdirilib". Trend News Agency (in Azerbaijani). 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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