Terror Attack Catalogue

Date: April 20th, 2010
Method: Twin Bombing
Location: Makhachkala, Dagestan
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 2
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (Suspected Chechen Militia)

Ria Novosti reports:

"Two people were injured as a result of the first explosion. One of them is the son of Federal Security Service [FSB] Colonel Kamil Etimbekov, who was killed in 2004 in the yard of the same house," a police spokesman said.

According to media reports, FSB Colonel Etimbekov investigated large-scale terrorist attacks before he was killed in June 2004.

The second man injured in Tuesday's explosion was also Etimbekov's relative. Both were hospitalized.

The second explosion occurred 50 meters (164 feet) from the first one. The explosive device had been placed in a garbage can. No one was injured.

Russia's mainly Muslim North Caucasus republics, especially Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, have seen an upsurge of militant violence lately, with frequent attacks on police and officials.

Date: 4/09/10
Method: Suicide Bomb, Gun
Location: Ekazhevo, Ingushetia
Death Toll: 1
Injury Toll: 0
Perpetrators: Chechen Militia

Reuters reports:

When police returned fire she blew herself up with the explosive device strapped to her body, officers at the scene told Reuters.
Police said that the woman, wearing a suicide belt, opened fire at them, wounding one policeman who later died.

Date: April 5th 2010
Method: Suicide Bomber, Car Bomb
Location: Police Headquarters in the town of Karabulak, Ingushetia
Death Toll: 2
Injury Toll: 3
Perpetrators: Suspected Chechen Militia

Associated Press:

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station in a troubled Russian province Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others as Islamic insurgency continues to spread across the region.

The bomber's car exploded later, wounding an investigator.

Violence is increasingly being described as a civial war between kremlin-supported administrators and Islamic rebels. Widespread abuse of civilians by police, including abduction, torture and killing have swelled the militants ranks

Date: April 4th, 2010
Method: Bombing (Compared to 5 kilograms of TNT)
Location: Izberbash, Dagestan
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 0
Perpetrators: Suspected Chechen Militia


Kuwait Times:

A blast equivalent to five kilograms of TNT exploded early yesterday near the town of Izberbash, derailing the locomotive and eight cars, transport police spokesman Akhmed Magomayev said. Another, less powerful blast aimed at killing rescuers detonated nearby shortly after the first explosion, he said

Date: April 1st, 2010
Method: IED Self Detonation in Car
Location: Khasavyurt District, Dagestan
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 0
Perpetrators: Three Chechen Militia

DNA India reports two suspected militants were killed and one seriously injured. The Caucasus Republic's interior ministry is quoted saying, "According to preliminary information the IED they were carrying in the car self detonated "

Date: March 31st 2010
Method: Twin Suicide Bombing
Location:

• 8:40AM Bomber 1 Kizlyar, Dagestan
• 9:00AM Bomber 2 Kizlyar, Dagestan

Death Toll: 12
Injury Toll: 23
Perpetrators: Names undisclosed. Suspected Chechen Militia.

CNN reports both explosions happened 300 meters from the Interior Ministry
and Federal Security Service buildings.
The Montreal Gazzette reports:

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the latest attack in the North Caucasus region may be linked to the strikes on the Moscow metro by two female suicide bombers.

Date: March 29th, 2010
Method: Twin Subway Suicide Bombings
Location:

• 8:00AM at Lubyanka Station
• 8:40AM at Park Kultury-Koltsevaya

Death Toll: 40
Injury Toll: 121
Perpetrators:

• Doku K. Umarov claimed responsibility for the attacks over Youtube. The New York Times translates his message here. Umarov claims the subway bombings act as retaliation for the death of four civilians who were killed by Russian security forces, while picking wild garlic on Feb 11, 2010 around the village of Arshty.
  
• Maryam Sharipova, 28 year-old IT teacher from Dagestan. Suicide bomber who carried out attack at the Lubyanka Station.
  
• Dzhanet Adbullayeva, 17 year old widow from Dagestan. Suicide bomber who carried out attack at the Park Kultury-Koltsevaya Station.

In Russia, and the North Caucasus, women who become suicide bombers have been dubbed as Black Widows. The tendency appears to be that women from that region who pursue suicide bombing do it to avenge relatives and husbands that have been killed by Russian Security Forces. The New York Times as well as Time elaborate on this phenomenon.