俄罗斯当局说，在北奥塞梯的弗拉季高加索市发生一起自杀式汽车爆炸，造成至少15人丧生和数十人受伤。当局说，炸弹手在一个拥挤的露天市场的主要入口处引爆了炸药。俄罗斯电视台播放的电视画面显示了血迹斑斑的路面和一排排被中午的爆炸损坏的汽车。目前还没有人声称对袭击负责。这个市场在1999年也被炸过，那次爆炸造成50多人丧生。
弗拉季高加索是北奥塞梯的首府。与俄罗斯其他的以穆斯林为主的南部共和国不同，北奥塞梯的主要人口是东正教基督徒。
Russian authorities say at least 15 people have been killed and scores of others wounded in a suicide car bombing in the North Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz.Authorities say the bomber detonated the explosives outside the main entrance to a crowded open-air market.Russian television showed blood-stained pavement and rows of cars wrecked by the mid-day explosion.There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The same market was bombed in 1999, killing more than 50 people.
Vladikavkaz is the capital of North Ossetia. Unlike Russia’s other southern republics, which are predominantly Muslim, North Ossetia is mainly Orthodox Christian.