Timeline Thursday 16 September 1999

Events on Thursday 16 September 1999 1

• 1999 Russian Apartment Bombings Series of blasts kill nearly 300 across Russia A series of apartment building bombings in Moscow, Buynaksk, and Volgodonsk killed almost 300 people over several weeks in September 1999. The attacks were blamed on Chechen militants and were used to justify the launch of the Second Chechen War. Allegations that Russian security services were involved remain disputed.