Short incident summary
An explosion occurred alongside an apartment block in Zelenkumsk. One of the victims was identified as First Deputy Mayor of Stavropol Zaur Gurtsiyev. The other was his acquaintance, Nikita Penkov, who appears to have carried out a suicide attack using the IED.
Event in review
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Incident start date
28/05/2025
Incident finish date
28/05/2025
Incident location republic
Stavropol Kray
Incident location city
Stavropol
Incident location details
Latitude
Longitude
Location specificity
Vague
Incident type
Attack
Weapons used
Suicide
Perpetrator type
Rebel
Perpetrator group
Number of perpetrators
Target type
Official
Number of casualties (low)
2
Number of casualties (high)
2
Number killed (low)
Number killed (high)
Number injured (low)
2
Number injured (high)
2
Security services killed
Civilian killed
2
Insurgents killed
Number detained
Incident linked to
Additional notes