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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 |
Injured | 41 |
Perpetrator | Caucasus Emirate |
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.