1994 Baku Metro bombings: Difference between revisions

The first attack, a [[suicide bombing]], occurred on Saturday, March 19 at the "20 January" metro station at 13:00 [[Azerbaijan Time|local time]]. The [[time bomb]] planted under a seat in the head [[railroad car]] detonated when it stopped at the station,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/world/12-killed-in-explosion-in-a-baku-rail-station.html?scp=1&sq=Baku%20metro%20bombing&st=cse|format=|title=12 Killed in Explosion In a Baku Rail Station|publisher = ''[[The New York Times]]''|author=|date=1994-03-20|accessdate=2010-04-01}}</ref><ref name="Kommers">{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=74104|format=|script-title=ru:Теракт в бакинском метро|trans-title=Terror act in Baku subway|publisher = ''[[Kommersant]]''|author=|accessdate=2010-03-29|language=ru}}</ref> killing the immediate perpetrator Oktay Gurbanov.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1news.az/society/20100319050925308.html|title=16 лет назад в этот день в Бакинском метро произошел теракт|trans-title=16 years ago terror act took place on this day|publisher =First News|author=|accessdate=2010-03-29| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100322222455/http://www.1news.az/society/20100319050925308.html| archivedate= 22 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no|language=ru}}</ref> The lead railroad car was destroyed and the station's roof partially collapsed.<ref name="Kommers"/> Among the victims was Azeri jazzman [[Rafig Babayev]], whose workplace was near the station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jazzdunyasi.jazz.az/content/view/137/55/lang,en/|format=|title=Rafig Babayev-70|publisher =Jazz Dünyası|author=|accessdate=2010-03-29}}</ref> The work of Baku Metro has beenwas temporarily suspended afterwards.<ref name="Kommers"/>