2003 Tushino bombing

2003 Tushino bombing
Part of Second Chechen War
Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Location	Tushino airfield, Tushino, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Date	5 July 2003
Deaths	15
Injured	60
Perpetrators	Caucasus Emirate

The 2003 Tushino bombing took place July 5, 2003 in Tushino airfield, Russia.

According to the official version, 20-year-old Chechen woman Zulikhan Elikhadzhiyeva blew herself up outside a rock festival called "Krylya" (Wings) (ru:Крылья (фестиваль)) at the Tushino airfield near Moscow; her bomb did not detonate as expected. 15 minutes later, only a few meters from where Zulikhan blew herself up, 26-six-year-old Zinaida Aliyeva detonated her explosives. The attack killed 11 people on the spot, while at least 60 people were injured and four of them later died in hospital.

See also

• Suicide attacks in the North Caucasus conflict