1999 Vladikavkaz bombing

43°00′58″N 44°39′00″E / 43.016°N 44.65°E / 43.016; 44.65DateMarch 19, 1999 (UTC+3)

Attack type

BombingDeaths52Injured168PerpetratorsAdam Tsurov
Abdulrakhim Khutiyev
Makhmud Temirbiyev
Umar Khaniyev

Terrorism in Russia

Bold italics indicate incidents resulting in more than 50 deaths. Incidents are bombings, unless described otherwise.
1977	Moscow
1995	Budyonnovsk
1996	Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye Kaspiysk
1999	Vladikavkaz Apartment bombings
2002	Kaspiysk Moscow Grozny
2003	Znamenskoye Tushino Stavropol Red Square
2004	Moscow (February) Grozny Moscow (August) Aircraft bombings Beslan
2006	Moscow
2008	Vladikavkaz
2009	Nazran Nevsky Express
2010	Moscow Kizlyar Stavropol Tsentoroy Vladikavkaz Grozny
2011	Domodedovo
2012	Makhachkala
2013	Volgograd (October) Volgograd (December) GTA gang
2014	Grozny bombing Grozny clashes GTA gang
2015	Metrojet Flight 9268 (going to Russia)
2016	Shchelkovo Highway
2017	Saint Petersburg
2018	Kizlyar
2024	Crocus City Hall

Part of the First Chechen War, War of Dagestan, Second Chechen War, Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus and Islamic terrorism in Europe

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 of 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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Во Владикавказе завершился суд над организаторами взрыва на центральном рынке города". NEWSru.com (in Russian). 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-01.