2002 Grozny OMON ambush

{{Short description|2002 ambush attack in Russia}}

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{{Infobox Military Conflict

| conflict = Grozny OMON ambush

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| partof = Second Chechen War

| place = Grozny, Chechnya

| date = April 18, 2002

| result = Insurgent victory

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| combatant2 = {{Flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}

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| casualties1 = 21 killed, multiple wounded

| casualties2 = Unknown

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{{Campaignbox Second Chechen War (guerilla phase)}}

The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18, 2002, when Chechen insurgents killed about 8[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2002/04/19/013.html 21 Officers Die in Grozny Blast] and wounded two republican OMON special police officers.

The ambush occurred just 90 meters from Chechnya's main police headquarters. The first bus in a convoy hit a remote controlled mine, and the militants then opened fire on the line of vehicles from the ruins of a nearby high-rise building.

Another version of the attack was presented by Nezavisimaya Gazeta, which claimed there were two connected attacks.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=25&issue_id=2243&article_id=19333 |title=SECURITY FORCES CARRY OUT A LARGE "ZACHISTKA" IN CHECHEN CAPITAL. |access-date=2007-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017090703/http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=25&issue_id=2243&article_id=19333 |archive-date=2006-10-17 |url-status=dead }}

The incident preceded by two hours President Vladimir Putin's mid-term state-of-the-nation address, in which he said the "military phase" of the Chechen conflict had been completed.