| Mozdok truck bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Terrorism in Russia and Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
  Mozdok Mozdok (Russia) | |
| Location | Mozdok, Mozdoksky District, Russia |
| Date | 1 August 2003 around 19:00 (MSK) |
| Target | Military personnel, hospital staff |
Attack type | Suicide truck bombing |
| Weapons | Truck bombs |
| Deaths | 52 - 60[1] |
| Injured | 82 |
| Perpetrators | Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti (Al-Qaeda), Magomed Dadaev (the suicide bomber), Magomed Kodzoev |
| Motive | Islamic extremism,[2] Chechen independence[3] |
The Mozdok truck bombing occurred on 1 August 2003, when Chechen militants detonated a truck bomb at the military hospital in Mozdok.
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- ^ ""Зарема хочет взорваться, чтобы принести пользу исламу"" (in Russian). Kommersant. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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