| Grozny ballistic missile attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Second Chechen War | |
 | |
| Location | Grozny, Chechnya |
| Date | October 21, 1999 |
| Target | Various civilian and government/military targets |
Attack type | Ballistic missile strike |
| Deaths | Est. more than 100 instantly |
| Injured | About 250 to over 400 |
| Perpetrators | Strategic Rocket Forces |
The Grozny ballistic missile attack was a wave of Russian ballistic missile strikes on the Chechen capital Grozny on October 21, 1999, early in the Second Chechen War. The attack killed at least 118 people according to initial reports,[1] mostly civilians, or at least 137 immediate dead according to the HALO Trust count.[2] Hundreds of people were also injured, many of whom later died.
- ^ Russians in disarray over Grozny strike, The Guardian, October 23, 1999
- ^ The October 21, 1999, Cluster Bomb Attack on the Grozny Market, Mennonite Central Committee, 2000 Archived June 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine