Chechnya region is known as cauldron of Islamic militancy
Chechnya region is known as cauldron of Islamic militancy
The Russian region of the Caucasus that was home to the two Boston Marathon bomb suspects is one of the more volatile regions of the world.
BY LARRY MCSHANE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013, 10:09 AM
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Russian special forces remove hostages from a Moscow theater where Chechen guerrillas held about 700 captives in October 2002. A total of 34 Chechen rebels were killed and several others were captured after security forces stormed the theater.
The Russian region of Chechnya, home to the brothers allegedly behind the Boston Marathon bombings, is known as a cauldron of Islamic militancy and terrorism.
Chechnya is one of the more volatile regions in Russia’s North Caucasus, dating back to its 1991 attempt to declare independence as the Soviet Union dissolved.
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Militant Islamists were blamed for an assortment of high-profile bombings and hostage-takings in Russia —
most notably the 2002 killings of 129 people inside a Moscow theater and the 2004 bloodbath that left more than 300 dead in a Beslan school.
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Russian special forces officers survey the scene after a bomb blast in front of Chechen parliament complex in Grozny on Oct. 19, 2010. Insurgents stormed the complex and killed at least two police officers and one official. At least three insurgents were also killed, ending the attack.
In October 2010, three suicide bombers killed six and wounded 17 in an attack on Chechnya’s regional parliament.
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