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The reported bombing of Katyr-Yurt (Chechnya) occurred on February 4, 2000, when Russian forces bombed the village of Katyr-Yurt and a refugee convoy under white flags in an attempt to stop the breakout of the Chechen separatist forces from Grozny, killing or injuring hundreds of people.〔(Eyewitness: Chechnya's war goes on ), BBC News, 20 March 2000〕 The village was also previously bombed by the Russians in 1995 and in 1996.〔(War with Chechnya spreads as Russians bomb once-peaceful villages ), ''Knight Ridder'', 24 January 1995〕〔(Russia Says, 'Sorry' ), ''The New York Times'', March 30, 1996〕 ==Events== A special operation was planned and executed by the federal military commanders to entice rebel forces from besieged Grozny. That plan involved leading the Chechen separatist fighters to believe that a safe exit would be possible out of the city to the mountains in the south of Chechnya. On February 2, 2000, they were allowed to leave the city and were then caught in minefields and attacked by federal artillery and the air force. Fleeing the ambush, a large group of armed fighters arrived in Katyr-Yurt . Journalists who managed to report on the area confirmed the use, by the Russians, of the vacuum bomb on the town.〔Lester W. Grau and Timothy L. Thomas(2000)"(Russian Lessons Learned From the Battles For Grozny )"〕 Vacuum bombs are dropped by parachute, and, when a couple of meters from the ground, release a cloud of petrol gas. The gas then reacts with the air, causing an explosion and then a vacuum, sucking away oxygen from living people, thus killing them. The residents, including many civilian refugees who had fled the fighting Grozny, were not warned in advance or told of safe exit routes by the Russian side. The sudden heavy bombardment of the village began in the early hours of the morning and subsided at approximately 3 p.m. At that time, many of the villagers attempted to leave, believing that the military had granted a safe passage out of the village. As they were leaving by road, planes appeared and bombed the cars. The final atrocity came in the afternoon of February 4. The Russians told the Chechens they would be able to leave in a convoy of buses with white flags attached. The convoy which the Russians themselves dispatched for the Chechens was then bombed by the Russians.〔Wood, Tony. ''Chechnya: The Case for Independence''. Page 101〕 Ultimately, the bombing lasted for two days and resulted in the deaths of at least 170 civilians (some 363 according to one estimate〔(Revealed: Russia's worst war crime in Chechnya ), ''The Guardian'', March 5, 2000〕), all of them formally citizens of Russia. Many more were injured. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bombing of Katyr-Yurt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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