1999 Vladikavkaz bombing

1999 Vladikavkaz bombing
Location Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania
Date March 19, 1999 (UTC+3)
Attack type single bomb
Deaths 62
Major terrorist attacks in post-Soviet Russia

Bold indicates attacks resulting in over 50 deaths
1995: Budyonnovsk – 1996: Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye – 1999: Vladikavkaz – Russian apartment bombings – 2002: Kaspiysk bombing – Moscow crisis – Grozny 2003: Znamenskoye bombing – Tushino – Stavropol bombing – Red Square bombing – 2004: Moscow metro bombing 1 – Grozny Dynamo stadium – Moscow metro bombing 2 – Aircraft bombings – Beslan crisis – 2006: Cherkizovsky Market, Moscow – 2008: Vladikavkaz – 2009: Nazran – Nevsky Express – 2010: Moscow metro bombing 3 – Kizlyar – Vladikavkaz  – 2011: Domodedovo Airport bombing

The 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing took place in a crowded market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia on March 19, 1999 killing 62 and injuring many.

The bombers were tried and convicted on December 15, 2003. They were also convicted of bombing a military housing unit "Sputnik" on May 18, 1999 (4 dead, 17 injured), a Vladikavkaz train station on June 28, 1999 (18 injured) and kidnapping 4 Russian officers and taking them to Chechnya for ransom on July 30, 1999 (the officers were later released). Adam Tsurov (b. 1980) was given a life sentence, Abdulrakhim Khutiyev and Makhmud Temirbiyev were sentenced to 23 years of imprisonment and Umar Khaniyev (b. 1984) received 10 years sentence.[1]

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  1. ^ Во Владикавказе завершился суд над организаторами взрыва на центральном рынке города