2010 Vladikavkaz bombing

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

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Background

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

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

Investigation

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

Casualties

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

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References

  1. ^ Число пострадавших во время теракта во Владикавказе превысило 160 человек Interfax, September 10, 2010
  2. ^ Four Armenians Among Russia Blast Victims RFEL, September 9, 2010

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