1999 Vladikavkaz bombing

1999 Vladikavkaz bombing
Location	Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
Coordinates	43°00′58″N 44°39′00″E / 43.016°N 44.65°E / 43.016; 44.65Coordinates: 43°00′58″N 44°39′00″E / 43.016°N 44.65°E / 43.016; 44.65
Date	March 19, 1999 (UTC+3)
Attack type	Bombing
Deaths	62
Injured	168
Perpetrators	Adam Tsurov Abdulrakhim Khutiyev Makhmud Temirbiyev Umar Khaniyev

The 1999 Vladikavkaz bombing took place in a crowded market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania, Russia on March 19, 1999, killing 52 and injuring 168.^[1]

The bombers were tried and convicted on December 15, 2003. The court also convicted the men of the bombing of a military housing unit known as "Sputnik" on May 18, 1999 that left four dead and 17 injured and a Vladikavkaz train station on June 28, 1999, which injured 18 people. In addition, the court found the men guilty in the kidnapping four 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 a 10-year sentence.^[1]

See also[]

• List of terrorist incidents, 1999
• 2008 Vladikavkaz bombing
• 2010 Vladikavkaz bombing

References[]

External links[]

• cnn.com

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