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| Part of Second Chechen War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Chechen Republic  Russian Federation |
 Chechen separatists | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Movladi Baisarov and others | Doku Umarov and others | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Several thousand | 250-400 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 63 policemen and soldiers killed | 1 killed and 3 captured (by Baisarov) | ||||||
| 13 civilians killed | |||||||
2004 raid on Grozny was a series of overnight attacks in central Grozny, capital of Chechnya.
According to estimates of the investigation group, 250-400 fighters entered the city on August 21, established their own roadblocks, and simultaneously attacked a number of polling stations and other targets, according to law enforcement sources killing 58 members of police and pro-Moscow militia and five federal soldiers. More than a dozen civilians were also killed.
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