2008 Minsk bombing

{{Short description|Terrorist attack in Minsk, Belarus}}

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| location = Minsk, Belarus

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| date = 4 July 2008

| time = Roughly 12:30 AM

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| injuries = 54

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The 2008 Minsk bombing took place just after midnight on 4 July 2008, in Minsk, Belarus and wounded 54 people.{{Cite web |title=ASSESSING THE TERRORIST EXPLOSION IN MINSK |url=https://jamestown.org/program/assessing-the-terrorist-explosion-in-minsk/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Jamestown |language=en-US}} The explosion happened near the Hero City monument at a concert to celebrate Belarus' independence.{{Cite web |title=Belarus Bomb Blast Injures Scores |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/belarus-bomb-blast-injures-scores/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112212615/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/04/world/main4233712.shtml |archive-date=2010-11-12 |access-date=2009-08-09 |website=CBS News}} The concert had been attended by Belarus' President, Alexander Lukashenko, who was not hurt and who officials said was not the target.{{Cite web |title=Belarus' president escapes bomb attack |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belarus/2247654/Belarus-president-escapes-bomb-attack.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}

A second, larger bomb was discovered before the blast.

No clear motive for the blast has been revealed. However, Belarusian authorities detained four members of the White Legion, a nationalist group, in the days following the attack. The probable perpetrators of the explosion were detained during the investigation of the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing.