Car Bomber Attacks Russian Market -- New York Times
MOSCOW — A car loaded with explosives blew up in a central market in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more, according to Russian media.
The blast occurred in North Ossetia, a mostly Orthodox Christian area where major acts of violence have been rare in recent years in contrast to other majority Muslim republics in the region like Chechnya or Dagestan, where just last weekend a suicide bomber killed three people at a military installation.
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