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President Vladimir Putin was informed about an explosion in Moscow

July 5, 2003

Dozens of people were injured or killed in a terrorist attack on the rock festival at a Tushino airfield in northwest Moscow. Russia’s Interior Ministry said two female suicide bombers blew themselves up near the ticket offices.

The festival organisers said around 40,000 people had been on the airfield during the attack.

July 5, 2003