December 2013 Volgograd bombings

December 2013 Volgograd Bombings
Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus and Islamic terrorism in Europe
Site of the 29 December railway bombing
Location of Volgograd Oblast in Russia
LocationVolgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia
Coordinates48°42′45″N 44°30′49″E / 48.712498°N 44.513486°E / 48.712498; 44.513486 (railway station)
48°44′10″N 44°29′53″E / 48.736090°N 44.498013°E / 48.736090; 44.498013 (trolleybus)
Date29 and 30 December 2013
TargetCivilians in public transportation
Attack type
Suicide bombings
Deaths32 (+2 perpetrators):
Volgograd-1 station: 18[citation needed]
Trolleybus: 16[citation needed]
Injured85:
Volgograd-1 station: 44[1]
Trolleybus: 41[citation needed]
Perpetrators Caucasus Emirate
Vilayat Dagestan

In December 2013, two separate suicide bombings a day apart targeted mass transportation in the city of Volgograd, in the Volgograd Oblast of Southern Russia, killing 34 people overall,[citation needed] including both perpetrators. The attacks followed a bus bombing carried out in the same city two months earlier.

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