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* '''7:02 pm''' – Two explosions occur in Gurkovsky Metro station, ≈4 seconds apart.
* '''7:02 pm''' – Two explosions occur in Gurkovsky Metro station, ≈7 seconds apart.
* '''7:03 pm''' – Transit police alert dispatch to explosions. Emergency calls begin.
* '''7:03 pm''' – Transit police alert dispatch to explosions. Emergency calls begin.
* '''7:04 pm''' – Two simultaneous explosions occurred within Stefan Gurkovksy Square.
* '''7:04 pm''' – Two simultaneous explosions occurred within Stefan Gurkovksy Square.
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}}There were two successful coordinated attacks: two bombs at Stefan Gurkovsky Square and two within the nearby Metro station. A third attack intended to target first responders failed.
}}There were two successful coordinated attacks: two bombs at Stefan Gurkovsky Square and two within the nearby metro station. Two additional attacks intended to target first responders failed.


=== Gurkovsky Metro station ===
=== Gurkovsky metro station ===
Two suicide bombers, wearing suicide vests packed with explosives, attacked civilians inside the Gurkovsky Metro Station, located near Stefan Gurkovsky Square located in [[Volkgoroda]]. The first explosion occurred at 7:02 pm as crowds exited an arriving train; the second explosion occurred about four seconds later near the entrance to the metro station. Some witnesses reported hearing shots fired shortly after the explosions. However, authorities have stated afterwards that there were no shots fired. On duty transit police alerted police dispatch at 7:03 pm.
Two suicide bombers (Dmitry Bychkov and Iosif Knyazev), wearing vests packed with explosives, attacked civilians inside the Gurkovsky metro station, near Stefan Gurkovsky Square located in [[Volkgoroda]]. The first explosion occurred at 7:02 pm as crowds exited the Blue Line train; the second explosion occurred about seven seconds later near the entrance to the metro station as civilians fled. Some witnesses reported hearing shots fired shortly after the explosions. However, authorities stated afterwards that there were no shots fired.


On duty transit police alerted dispatch at 7:03 pm and the first ambulances began arriving at 7:08 pm.
A third suicide bomber

A third bomber, Vanya Tereshchenko, detonated his suicide vest at 7:11 pm attempting to target first responders on scene. His vest failed to detonate properly and Tereshchenko was critically injured and ultimately paralyzed.


=== Stefan Gurkovsky Square ===
=== Stefan Gurkovsky Square ===
Two suicide bombers, wearing suicide vests packed with explosives, attacked civilians attending the annual Autumn Festival Market held in Stefan Gurkovsky Square located in [[Volkgoroda]]. The first explosion occurred at 7:02 pm near the concert stage; the second explosion occurred about four seconds later near the square's center. Some witnesses reported hearing shots fired shortly after the explosions. However, authorities have stated afterwards that there were no shots fired.
Two additional bombers (Isidor Koshkin and Vlasiy Volodin), also wearing suicide vests, targeted civilians attending the annual Autumn Harvest Festival in Stefan Gurkovsky Square. At 7:04 pm, after the explosions at the metro station, the bombers detonated their vests simultaneously near the concert stage and the food vendors. Emergency services were quickly dispatched and began arriving at 7:09 pm.

Kostya Kuzmin


==Perpetrators==
==Perpetrators==
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