Baku Metro controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1995
1995 Baku Metro fire
A fire on a crowded train between Ulduz and Nariman Narimanov stations killed 289 people and injured 265 on 28 October 1995. The official explanation centered on an electrical malfunction; sabotage was not conclusively excluded. The incident is widely described as the deadliest subway disaster on record.
1994
1994 metro bombings
Two bomb attacks, on 19 March and 3 July 1994, targeted the Baku Metro and killed 27 people while injuring 91. Arrests and convictions followed, although the events remain part of the system's security history.