Short incident summary
An unknown person attacked traffic police in Achkhoy-Martan with a knife and was killed. A policeman was wounded and later died; later reports indicated a second member of the security services was wounded. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov accused Ukraine and people in Turkey of orchestrating the attack.
Event in review
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Incident start date
07/04/2025
Incident finish date
07/04/2025
Incident location republic
Chechnya
Incident location city
Achkhoy-Martan
Incident location details
Ulitsa Kadyrova, DPS post
Latitude
Longitude
Location specificity
Precise
Incident type
Attack
Weapons used
Melee weapon
Perpetrator type
Rebel
Perpetrator group
Number of perpetrators
1
Target type
Security servicesPerson
Number of casualties (low)
2
Number of casualties (high)
3
Number killed (low)
1
Number killed (high)
2
Number injured (low)
0
Number injured (high)
1
Security services killed
1
Civilian killed
Insurgents killed
1
Number detained
Incident linked to
Additional notes
Media reports suggested that the attacker was motivated by a humiliating clash with the security services the previous day. The attacker was identified as Eskerkhan Khumashev, 16 or 17; his body was paraded in public the following day, and his relatives were forced to leave the republic.