Staropromyslovsky massacre

Staropromyslovsky massacre
Staropromyslovsky massacre
Location	Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia
Date	December 1999-January 2000
Target	Staropromyslovsky City District
Attack type	Summary executions
Deaths	38 to 56
Perpetrators	Russian federal forces
Motive	None

The Staropromyslovsky massacre occurred between December 1999 and January 2000 when at least 38 confirmed civilians were summarily executed by Russian federal soldiers^[1] during an apparent spree in Staropromyslovsky City District of Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic, according to survivors and eyewitnesses. The killings went unpunished and publicly unacknowledged by the Russian authorities. In 2007, one case of a triple murder was ruled against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

^ Putin Urged to Act on Summary Executions: Deaths of Sixteen More Civilians Confirmed, Total now Thirty-Eight, Human Rights Watch, February 10, 2000

[1] Putin Urged to Act on Summary Executions: Deaths of Sixteen More Civilians Confirmed, Total now Thirty-Eight, Human Rights Watch, February 10, 2000

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