1990 Tbilisi-Agdam bus bombing | |
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Location | Goygol, Azerbaijan |
Coordinates | 40.586944,46.315833 |
Date | August 10, 1990 (UTC+4) |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Improvised explosive device (IED) |
Deaths | 15-20 |
Injured | 16-30 |
The 1990 Tbilisi-Agdam bus bombing, also known as 1990 Khanlar bus bombing occurred on August 10, 1990 in the vicinity of Khanlar (now Goygol) when an explosive devise blew up in a bus 12.5 km away from Ganja, Azerbaijan's second largest city.[1][2][3]
Fatalities
The bus with 60 passengers onboard was travelling from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi to the Azerbaijani town of Agdam.[4][5] Fatalities reports range from 15[4] to 20.[6]. The number of the wounded with various degrees of injuries range from 16 to 30.[4][6]
Perpetrators
The bombing was carried out by two ethnic Armenians, allegedly operatives of militant organization Vrezh, based in Rostov-on-Don, presumably in coordination with Dashnak. The organization's debut was the bombing of Tbilisi-Baku bus on September 16, 1989 leaving 5 civilians dead and 27 injured.[2][7][8] The perpetrators of Khanlar bombing were two Armenian militants Armen Mikhailovich Avanesyan and Mikhail Mikhailovich Tatevosov (Tatevosyan) who were arrested before their next plot on the same Agdam-Tbilisi route, planned for June 17, 1991 was realized.[9][6] The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan charged and found them guilty in May 1992, sentencing Avanesyan and Tatevosyan to death and 15 years of imprisonment, respectively.[9] Tatevosov was later exchanged for an Azerbaijani hostage in Tartar Rayon of Azerbaijan in May 1992.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Azerbaijan bus blast kills at least 17". Chicago Tribune. 1990-08-11.
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(help) - ^ a b c "Bomb Rips Bus, Kills 15 in Azerbaijan". Los Angeles Times. 1990-08-11. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Bus In Soviet Azerbaijan Bombed, With 15 Killed". Orlando Sentinel. 1990-08-11. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ a b c d "С момента взрыва бомбы на станции метро в Баку минуло 15 лет". Vesti. 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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(help) - ^ "Взрыве в междугородном автобусе
Тбилиси -Агдам". Vyshka. 1990-08-12.
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