Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack

Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack

Infobox civilian attack
title=Elistanzhi bombing


caption=
location=Elistanzhi, Chechnya
target=Demilitarized village
date=October 7 1999
time=
timezone=
type=Cluster bombing
fatalities=48
injuries=
perps=Russian Air Force
motive=

Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack occurred on October 7, 1999, when two Russian Su-24 fighter bombers dropped eight to ten cluster bombs on the undefended Chechen village of Elistanzhi. The bombing killed some 48 people, mostly women and children, and injured dozens.

Witnesses and victims stated that there were no Chechen fighters or military objectives in the village prior to or at the time of the attack. Representatives of the Russian human rights group Memorial visited Elistanzhi shortly after the attack and found no evidence of a rebel presence. At least nine children were killed when one bomb hit the local school.

ee also

*Grozny ballistic missile attack (1999 cluster-munitions ballistic missile attack on Grozny)
*Terror bombing

External links

* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19991011/ai_n14278495 Russian warplanes kill dozens of villagers] , "The Independent", Oct 11, 1999
* [http://mcc.org/clusterbombs/resources/research/death/chapter3.html#2982 The October 7, 1999, Cluster Bomb Attack on Elistanzhi] Mennonite Central Committee
* [http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGEUR460461999 CHECHNYA: FOR THE MOTHERLAND Reported grave breaches of international humanitarian law] Amnesty International
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mzatPumDOAs Russian Warcrimes in Chechnya, 1] , "Youtube", Feb 25, 2008


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