2014 Grozny clashes
| 2014 Grozny clashes | |||||||
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| Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Caucasus Emirate | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ramzan Kadyrov | Aslan Byutukayev | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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14 policemen killed 36 policemen wounded 1 civilian killed | At least 11 killed | ||||||
On 4 December 2014, a group of armed militants of the jihadist organization Caucasus Emirate attacked a traffic police checkpoint outside the city of Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. The militants then entered the city and occupied the "Press House" building in the city center and a nearby school.
According to the BBC, the Islamists had claimed to have launched a suicide attack in response to purported attacks by security forces on Muslim women.