The 1995 Shali cluster bomb attack was an attack which occurred on 3 January 1995, when Russian fighter-jets bombed the Chechen town of Shali with

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Eighteen cluster bombs were reportedly dropped in and around Shali on that day in several runs. The bombs hit a roadside

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were also targeted.Cluster Munitions Use by Russian Federation Forces in Chechnya

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, 2000 At least 55 people were killed (including five medical workers), and 186 people were wounded. An estimate by the Russian presidential

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office put the number of killed at over 100. No military targets were reported in the area at the time of the attack.

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