Baku–Rostov highway bombing
The Baku–Rostov highway bombing was an incident which occurred near the village of Shaami-Yurt in Chechnya, on October 29, 1999. Two low-flying Russian aircraft carried out repeated rocket attacks on a large convoy of refugees trying to enter the Russian republic of Ingushetia through a supposed "safe exit" route. The attacks killed or injured scores of people.
| Baku–Rostov highway bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | near Shami-Yurt, Chechnya |
| Date | October 29, 1999 |
| Target | Refugee and Red Cross convoy, Baku-Rostov highway |
Attack type | Indiscriminate bombing |
| Deaths | Some 25 civilians according to the Red Cross; 16 according to the Russian government |
| Injured | Over 70 |
| Perpetrators | Russian Air Force |
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