Gîsca school bombing

The Gîsca school bombing was a school bombing that occurred at the school N°20 in Gîsca in Moldova, on April 4, 1950. 24 people including the perpetrator, Vladimir Tatarnikov, died in the attack. The tragedy had been initally concealed by Soviet authorities, until half a century later when it was uncovered. 

Vladimir Georgievitch Tatarnikov, a 29-year-old teacher at the time of the attack, went to the school where he worked and detonated a homemade bomb, causing the death of 24 individuals in the area including 21 students, a teacher, the director of the establishment and the perpetrator himself in total. The investigation established that the perpetrator in love with the teacher, but she ended her relationship with Tatarnikov after numerous death threats and stalking.

Despite the implications of the incident, the Soviet authorities decided that the tragedy could not be revealed, particularly because the explosives were obtained by the soldiers of the DOSARM, which could have been the subject of negative political publicity, the attack would only be revealed half a century later.

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Category:Mass murder in the 1950s
Category:Mass murder in Europe
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