No, and they didn’t bomb the apartment buildings either. It was one of dozens of Chechyn atrocities for several years before and after, including Beslan.
And for what purpose? To have an excuse to bomb the rebels? They were already doing that. And Russia was quite happy with him for doing it.
To create a crisis that would allow Putin and his KGB friends to take power and allow Yeltsin to resign without having his family corruption investigated.