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Deadly Blast Strikes N. Ossetia Market

September 09 2010

Russia

More than a dozen were killed and scores injured when a car bomb exploded Thursday in a market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, in Russia's North Caucasus region, Bloomberg News reports.

The blast took place in the morning near the entrance to the market, said a spokesman for the local prosecutor's office.

A suicide bomber apparently carried out the attack, investigators said. An investigation has been opened into the "act of terror."

At least 15 people were killed and 87...

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