2008 Vladikavkaz bombing explained

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2008 Vladikavkaz bombing
Location:Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia
Date:November 6, 2008
Type:Suicide bombing
Fatalities:12
Injuries:41
Perp:Caucasus Emirate
Weapons:Explosive belt

The 2008 Vladikavkaz bombing took place on a routed taxicab, which was unloading passengers at a market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia on November 6, 2008, killing 12 and injuring 41. The bombing was committed by a female suicide bomber.[1] On November 15, the attack was claimed by the Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs,[2] a unit of the militant Caucasus Emirate group.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death toll from North Ossetia suicide bomb rises to 12 . . 2008-11-07 . 2008-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20081210204626/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/07/north.ossetia.suicide.bomb/. 10 December 2008 . live.
  2. News: New Tensions Surface in Ossetian-Ingush Relations. 18 December 2008. Jamestown Foundation.