Samashki massacre
| Samashki massacre (1995) | |||||
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| Part of the First Chechen War | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Russia
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 Local separatist militia
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||
 Anatoly Kulikov
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No commander | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| More than 3,000 | 40+ | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Up to 16 killed | 4+ militia killed | ||||
| 100-300 civilians killed | |||||
Coordinates: 43°17′26″N 45°18′0″E / 43.29056°N 45.30000°E
The Samashki massacre (Russian: Резня в Самашки) was an incident which occurred on April 7–8, 1995, in the village of Samashki, at the border between Chechnya and Ingushetia. Numerous villagers died at the hands of Russian paramilitary troops, many of them reportedly drunk or drugged, under the command of Gen. Anatoly Kulikov. The incident attracted wide attention in Russia and abroad.
The March 1996 United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) report said:
It is reported that a massacre of over 100 people, mainly civilians, occurred between 7 and 8 April 1995 in the village of Samashki, in the west of Chechnya. According to the accounts of 128 eye-witnesses, Federal soldiers deliberately and arbitrarily attacked civilians and civilian dwellings in Samashki by shooting residents and burning houses with flame-throwers. The majority of the witnesses reported that many OMON troops were drunk or under the influence of drugs. They wantonly opened fire or threw grenades into basements where residents, mostly women, elderly persons and children, had been hiding.
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), this was the most notorious civilian massacre of the First Chechen War. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that approximately 250 civilians were killed. According to Amnesty International and HRW more than 250 people were killed, while the elders of Samashki stated that up to 300 residents were killed during the attack.
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