Written by Карлище, on 05-12-2010 04:49 Irina Ivanovna Khalai, chairman of the 'Volga-Don' regional organization promoting the protection of the rights of victims of the terror attack Volgodonsk. A recording of Maxim Yefimov, the chairman of the Karelian branch of the 'Youth Human Rights Group'. June 11th, 2010. Lithuanian Seimas & Vilnius. A film about the terrorist attack in Volgodonsk: http://rutube.ru/tracks/3329783.html At 5:57 am on September 16th, 1999, in 5 hours 57 minutes, a truck packed with explosives equal to the power of two tons of TNT exploded in Volgodonsk. According to the degree of destruction in front of a apartment building on No. 35 October Highway, the terror attack to this day is considered the largest in Russia. Damaged were: 42 apartment buildings, a police station, two schools, a kindergarten, and a library - a total of 15 community projects. Offically recognized as victims were 8 percent of the population - over 16 thousand people, including more than 1000 children. Overnight hundreds were left without shelter, property, and their health. 19 Volgodonsk resident were killed, and 73 permanently disabled. In the damaged apartment building two stairwells had to be demolished as unfit for habitation. |