Near the nine-story high-rise was a truck in which there was explosive. In what year was the attack in Volgodonsk, we know very well. Let's look into the details. The explosion of the vehicle and its contents claimed the lives of 18 people. 89 victims were sent to the hospital.
How events unfolded
The attacks in Moscow and Volgodonsk were a frequent and unpleasant occurrence of the time and took place in early autumn 1999. Investigators point out the following: these outrages were carried out on the initiative and at the expense of the organization, which called itself the Caucasus Institute. The fault of the Islamic leaders Emir al-Khattab and Abu Umar, who were at the head of the bloody operation, and an incident occurred, now known to us as a terrorist attack in Volgodonsk.
The purpose of the crimes was the mass destruction of civilians in order to intimidate the innocent, put pressure on and influence the authorities responsible for the liquidation of the destruction created after the invasion of military units on the territory of Dagestan (held at the end of the summer of that year).
The attackers who committed the terrorist act in Volgodonsk contacted the leaders of the Muslim society at number 3, also called the Wahhabi Jamaat. This organization brought a lot of evil at that time. The local chairman gathered a group, with whose hands the terrorist attack in Volgodonsk was ultimately created. The evil leader was called Achimez Gochiyaev. In the past, he traded in trade in construction products in the capital of Russia. Then, Wahhabi ideas crept into his thoughts. The businessman left the capital of Russia and in Karachayevsk studied with the residents of the Khattaba camp.
Making Deadly Weapons
The explosives that brought the attack to Volgodonsk (1999) were made by the manufacturers of the fertilizer mixtures factory in Urus-Martan. They invested part of TNT, ammonium nitrate, aluminum powder and sugar in their weapons.
An explosive mixture was presented as sugar during transportation to the territory of Kislovodsk at the base with products. People who committed the attack in Volgodonsk drove to the city’s land with the permission of the traffic police officer Lyubichev.
Upon arrival, the mixture was packaged under the guise of bags of sugar, the surface of which contained the logo of the factory in Erken Shaharsky. When the plan was drawn up, the villains divided into groups and transported the killer mixture to a number of settlements in Russia.
On September 13, a local resident, rooted in Azerbaijan, being unaware of the intentions of the criminals, met people who planned to carry out a terrorist attack in Volgodonsk. They bought a car from a man with the false intention of delivering potatoes. We decided to postpone the documentation of the sale for a later time. GAZ-53, which brought a terrorist attack to Volgodonsk (1999), stood next to motorcade No. 2070. They loaded explosives into the car and installed a device that was hidden under the potatoes.
Explosion preparation
One of the attackers, named Dekushev, brought the former owner of the car on September 15 to a convoy to transport the car near the Oktyabrsky highway. This was supposed to help come in the morning on time to the market for trading potatoes. At the end of the working day, documents were to be drawn up for the transfer of ownership to the new owner.
The car was put to the entrance. Iskanderov was left to guard her while the terrorist left. The vehicle stood at home all night.
At 6 in the morning an explosion thundered, the car flew into the air. Based on the comparison with TNT equivalent, the explosive device had 1–1.5 thousand kilograms of power. The front part and two residential blocks were blown up. Together, a little less than forty houses were damaged. Glass flew out. The whole area rose to its ears, hearing a loud explosion. The rubble became a grave for eighteen people. The total number of victims is 15 thousand. More than 1 thousand of them were children.
Litigation in court
In 2003, a corrupt official, a police officer Lyubichev, received a sentence of four and a half years in prison. Bribery, despite the lack of the required documentation from the driver, is the essence of the charge. Even the transport was not working, but this did not bother the police officer.
In 2004, another sentence was passed. Adam Dekkushev and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov went to prison for life. The burden of a series of terrorist acts lies on their conscience.
Appeal filed by G. Seleznev
On September 13th, in the year of the ill-fated incident, Gennady Seleznev, who took a seat in the Council of the State Duma, made a statement stating that an explosion in a residential building was made at night in Rostov-on-Don.
According to Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the discrepancy obviously skips here. Indeed, on Monday, Seleznev announced the explosion, which really happened only three days later. That is, the thunder reached the ears of the statesman before he saw a thunderstorm. There are all signs of provocation. A member of the State Duma knew about the attack even earlier than the ministers of the administration in Rostov. So where did he get the information from? And why weren’t any measures taken?
In October, news appeared in the press that the deputies were idle for four days, while a terrible sabotage was being prepared in Volgodonsk.
Seleznev explained. He said that he had received a note in which it was said about the explosion that occurred on Sunday. And already after him the following misfortune followed on the territory of the Rostov region.
Tribute to the dead
The authorities rendered the last honors as a sign of respect for the innocent victims of the attack. The city cemetery keeps on its territory a monument dedicated to this terrible event. Relatives of the deceased and simply indifferent people can honor their memory in a special square, consecrated as a sign of sorrow.
City cemetery No. 2 is the last shelter of the dead from the explosion in this world. Those sections of the houses that suffered the most were dismantled, the rest was restored and reconstructed. Now at the scene of the crime is a new seven-story building.
Life continues to take its course, but knowledge of the event reminds of how harmful human impulses can be and how important it is to live in peace.