2024 Karabulak clash | |||||||
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Part of the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia | Islamic State – Caucasus Province (Russian claim) [1] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Ingush militant cell | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 police officers wounded (allegedly) [2] |
5–6 militants killed
[2] 1 civilian killed (allegedly) [1] [2] |
The 2024 Karabulak clash was a deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants, claimed by Russian authorities to be affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. [1] The incident was the most significant clash in years regarding the Islamic insurgencies in the North Caucasus.
A cell of six militants, of whom half were wanted by Russian authorities for a previous attack in 2022, [1] barricaded themselves in a third-floor apartment, engaging in a lengthy firefight with Russian special forces. [3] Small-arms fire and explosives were exchanged between government and militant forces for hours continuously. A counter-terrorism operation regime was declared in Karabulak, [4] and the surrounding streets were consequently blocked off, as residents of the apartment complex were evacuated to a nearby school. [1]
By noon of 3 March, TASS reported that the firefight was effectively over and that the militants were all killed, [3] though Russian independent sources claimed that government forces also sustained casualties, and a bystander was killed. [1] [2]
2024 Karabulak clash | |||||||
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Part of the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia | Islamic State – Caucasus Province (Russian claim) [1] | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Ingush militant cell | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 police officers wounded (allegedly) [2] |
5–6 militants killed
[2] 1 civilian killed (allegedly) [1] [2] |
The 2024 Karabulak clash was a deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants, claimed by Russian authorities to be affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. [1] The incident was the most significant clash in years regarding the Islamic insurgencies in the North Caucasus.
A cell of six militants, of whom half were wanted by Russian authorities for a previous attack in 2022, [1] barricaded themselves in a third-floor apartment, engaging in a lengthy firefight with Russian special forces. [3] Small-arms fire and explosives were exchanged between government and militant forces for hours continuously. A counter-terrorism operation regime was declared in Karabulak, [4] and the surrounding streets were consequently blocked off, as residents of the apartment complex were evacuated to a nearby school. [1]
By noon of 3 March, TASS reported that the firefight was effectively over and that the militants were all killed, [3] though Russian independent sources claimed that government forces also sustained casualties, and a bystander was killed. [1] [2]