2003 Red Square bombing

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Red Square bombing
Hotel "National", Moscow
Location	Mokhovaya Street 15/1, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates	55°45′24″N 37°36′51″E / 55.756608°N 37.61421°E / 55.756608; 37.61421
Date	2003-12-09 10:53 (UTC+3)
Target	Fear
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	6 (+1 bomber)
Injured	14
Perpetrators	Shamil Basayev, Riyadus-Salihiin
Motive	Islamic terrorism

The 2003 Red Square bombing was the 9 December 2003 suicide bombing on Mohovaja street in Moscow.

According to police, a female suicide bomber set off an explosive belt on a busy street close to the Moscow Kremlin, killing six people and injuring 14. Moscow's mayor Yuri Luzhkov reported speculation that the bomber had intended to target the nearby Moscow City Hall or State Duma instead. According to the investigation,^[1] the suicide bomber was identified as Khadishat (in other sources - Khedizhi) Mangerieva, a widow of a Chechen rebel commander of Kurchaloyevsky District, Ruslan Mangeriev, who was killed during the Second Chechen War.