Incident Summary:

06/03/2012: Two explosive devices attached to an electricity pylon detonated in Buynaksky district, Dagestan republic, Russia. A third device failed to detonate and was safely defused by security personnel. There were no injuries or significant damages in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201206030014

When:
2012-06-03

Country:
Russia

Region:
Eastern Europe

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Dagestan

City:
Buynaksk district

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Utilities
Name of Entity Dagestani Unified Grid Company
Specific Description Power Pylon
Nationality of Target Russia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Unknown
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
Weapon Details
Three explosive devices, two of which successfully detonated, were used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Chechnya Campaign," Russia & CIS Military Daily, June 4, 2012.
"Russian agency reports on North Caucasus security incidents," BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union, June 5, 2012.