2006 Volkgoroda bombings
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The 2006 Volkgoroda bombings, referred to colloquially as 11/18 or November 18, were a series of coordinated suicide attacks in Volkgoroda, Volkia, that targeted civilians in Stefan Gurkovsky Square who were attending the Autumn Festival Market. The attacks caused the death of 128 civilians and injured 361, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Volkian history.
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| Part of terrorism in Volkia | |
| Location | Volkgoroda, Volkia |
| Date | November 18, 2006 7:02 - 7:08 p.m. (VST) |
| Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Suicide bombings |
| Weapons | IEDs |
| Deaths | 132 (including 4 perpetrators) |
| Injured | 362 (including one perpetrator) |
| Assailants | Vanya Tereshchenko Vlasiy Volodin Dmitry Bychkov Iosif Knyazev Kostya Kuzmin Isidor Koshkin |
Four homemade bombs were detonated almost simultaneously within Stefan Gurkovsky Square and in neighboring metro station. Two additional bombs were set to detonate; the first one malfunctioned and injured the bomber, Kostya Kuzmin, while the second failed to explode.
The official police investigation found that the attacks were orchestrated by members of the religious doomsday cult Yarkiye and masterminded by its founder, Lukyan Yolkin. Yolkin, the failed bombers, and several other members of Yarkiye were convicted for their roles in the attacks. Yolkin and two other high ranking Yarkiye members received the death penalty, while the failed bombers received life imprisonment with no parole due to their cooperation with investigators.
The explosions were caused by triacetone triperoxide IEDs packed into suicide vests.
Background
Attacks
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Perpetrators
Casualties
Effects and response
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