Coordinates: 43°00′58″N 44°39′00″E / 43.016°N 44.65°E
| 2008 Vladikavkaz bombing | |
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| Location | Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, Russia |
| Date | November 6, 2008 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapons | Explosive belt |
| Deaths | 12 |
Non-fatal injuries | 41 |
| Perpetrator | Caucasus Emirate |
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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 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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- ↑ "Death toll from North Ossetia suicide bomb rises to 12". CNN. 2008-11-07. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081210204626/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/07/north.ossetia.suicide.bomb/. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ↑ "New Tensions Surface in Ossetian-Ingush Relations". Jamestown Foundation. 18 December 2008. http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=34290#.VaSw6_mqqko.
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