Attack on Abu Bakr Mosque of Baku

Attack on Abu Bakr Mosque of Baku
Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
DateAugust 17, 2008 (2008-08-17)
TargetAbu Bakr mosque
Weaponsgrenade
Deaths3
Injured11
PerpetratorsUnknown

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]

  1. ^ United States condemns attack on the Abu Bakr Mosque in Azerbaijan’s capital, ANS press, 2008 Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Azeri president to oversee mosque blast probe, 18 Aug 2008, Reuters, By Lada Yevgrashina
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference derbent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "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.