The Russian capital had already been rocked by several attacks over the past 25 years before Friday’s attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, described by the authorities as a “bloody terrorist attack”, reports Agence France-Presse.

Over 200 deaths in 1999

On the morning of September 13, a load of 300 kg of TNT blew up an eight-story building in the south of the Russian capital, killing almost 120 residents in their sleep.

A few days earlier, more than 90 people also died in Moscow as a result of the explosion of another building.

The attacks were attributed to “Chechen terrorists” and served as a prelude to the outbreak of the second Russian-Chechen conflict in October 1999. Other versions have appeared, according to which the Russian security services (FSB) are behind these attacks.

130 deaths in 2002

On the evening of October 23, 2002, a Chechen militant consisting of 21 men and 19 women, well armed and equipped with a large number of explosives, managed to enter Moscow and take about 1,000 people hostage near the theater on Dubrovka. The siege lasted two days and three nights, and ended with an assault by special forces using powerful gas, as a result of which almost 130 people died.

15 dead in 2003

On July 5, 2003, a double suicide attack at the entrance to a rock concert at Tusino Airport in Moscow killed 15 people, in addition to the two suicide bombers, and injured more than 50. About 20,000 young people gathered at the traditional Kryla rock music festival.

There were no charges in the attack, but the Russian authorities attributed the attack to Chechen separatists.

41 deaths in 2004

The following year, 41 people died during a terrorist attack in the Moscow metro on February 6. The unknown Chechen group “Gazotan Murdash” claimed it.

40 deaths in 2010

In 2010, a double terrorist attack took place in the Moscow metro, as a result of which 40 people died on March 19. One of the explosions, committed by two suicide bombers, happened at the Lubyanka metro station, near the FSB.

37 deaths in 2011

On January 24, 2011, 37 people died as a result of a terrorist attack at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport in the international arrivals area. This was stated by the then leader of the Islamist uprising, Chechen Doku Umarov.