Raid on Baksan hydroelectric power station

Raid on the Baksan hydroelectric power station
Part of Insurgency in the North Caucasus and Insurgency in Kabardino-Balkaria

Baksan hydroelectric power station after the raid
Date21 July 2010
Location
Atazhukino, Baksansky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Result

Vilayat KBK‘s victory

  • two power units were detonated
Belligerents

Caucasus Emirate

Russia

Commanders and leaders
Asker Dzhappuyev Unknown
Strength
4 5 Security guards
Casualties and losses
None 2 killed
3 wounded

The Raid on the Baksan hydroelectric power station was a militant attack that took place on July 21, 2010, in Kabardino-Balkaria, a republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia. The attack was carried out by four gunmen affiliated with the Caucasus Emirate, an Islamist militant organization active in the region.

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