2008 Vladikavkaz bombing
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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
.
Marshrutka
Marshrutka , from marshrutnoye taksi is a share taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. Marshrutnoye taksi literally means routed taxicab...
, which was unloading passengers at a market in Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz
-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...
, North Ossetia, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
on November 6, 2008 killing 12 and injuring 41. The bombing was committed by female suicide bomber
Shahidka
Shahidka |shahid]]), sometimes called "Black Widow", is a term for Islamist Chechen female suicide bombers, who made themselves known at the Moscow theater hostage crisis of October 2002...
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See also
- List of terrorist incidents, 2008
- 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing1999 Vladikavkaz bombingThe 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...
- 2010 Vladikavkaz bombing2010 Vladikavkaz bombingThe 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:...