Nail bomb[1] with 5–7 kg TNT equivalent strength[2]
Deaths
15[3]
Injured
204[3][4]
Perpetrators
Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou
The 2011 Minsk Metro bombing took place on 11 April 2011 when 15 people were killed and 204 were injured when a bomb exploded within the Minsk Metro, Belarus. The explosion happened at the central Kastryčnickaja station at 17:55 local time.[5]
Initially the cause of the explosion was unclear, but was found to have been a bomb.[6] The Prosecution Office launched a criminal investigation and classified the event as a terrorist attack.[7][8][9] Two suspects arrested on 13 April confessed to the bombing but the motives remained unclear.[10] In March 2012, both perpetrators, Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou, were executed by shooting.[11]
There has been considerable debate about the possibility that the Belarusian government itself was behind the bombing.[12][13][14][15][16][17] The UN Security Council statement condemning the bombing refers to "the apparent terrorist attack".[18][19] The trial attracted international political condemnation and the verdicts passed out have been questioned, primarily by the Belarusian opposition and the EU.[20][21] The bombing came at a time of a serious economic crisis and protests against President Alexander Lukashenko's government.
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