An explosion outside an open market in Vladikavkaz killed 15 and injured over 90 people, women and children among them. The blast was heard at 11:30 on Tuesday. Reportedly, it was a deliberate terror attack. A suicide bomber exploded the bomb in a vehicle parked outside the market place. The terror attack made Russian militia to reinforce control not only in the North Ossetia Republic, but in the Moscow, fearing the incident might be followed with a series of terror attacks.
The explosion was very powerful as it burnt down the vehicles parked on the market territory and broke down the glasses of the windows in the surrounding buildings. The militia officers said the bomb equalled to 25-30 kg of TNT.
The North Ossetian Security Service works in the state of emergency - they evacuated children from kindergartens and schools and closed the buildings.
The president of the North Ossetia Republic viewed the injured in the hospital, however, those whose health state is critical, will be hospitalized to Moscow. Russian Emergencies Ministry will provide their transportation/
The head of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Prosecutor`s Office, Aleksandr Bastirking as already left for Vladikavkaz. Prosecution has qualified the incident as a terror attack. The investigation is under the personal control of the Russia`s Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika.