2010 Vladikavkaz bombing

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2010 Vladikavkaz bombing
Location Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
Date 9 September 2010 (UTC+3)
Attack type
Suicide car bomb
Deaths 17
Non-fatal injuries
161[1]

The 2010 Vladikavkaz bombing took place at the Central market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia on 9 September 2010 when a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives killing at least 17 and injuring more than 160.

Background[edit]

The Central market has been a target of terrorist attacks twice: in 1999, when car explosion killed 52 people, and in 2008, when a female suicide bomber detonated bombs attached to herself at the bus stop near the market, claiming lives of 12 people and injuring 41.

Attack[edit]

A second bomb discovered in a car near the site of the first explosion was successfully defused.

Investigation[edit]

The remains of the suicide attacker's decapitated corpse were discovered.

Casualties[edit]

At least 4 ethnic Armenians, including 1 Armenian citizen, were among the dead. Armenians were also among the injured.[2]

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