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== Attacks ==
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* '''7:03 pm''' – Transit police alert dispatch to explosions. Emergency calls begin.
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* '''7:11 pm''' – Fifth attacker's vest fails to detonate properly, critically injuring himself.
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* '''7:32 pm''' – Volkia raises its terrorist threat level to its highest level and locks down Volkgoroda.
* '''7:45 pm''' – Officers from the Rapid Intervention Unit are deployed to Volkgoroda.
* '''8:57 pm''' – Police detonate a suspicious package near the National Assembly Building.
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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 by two additional suicide bombers intended to target first responders failed.
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