The death toll after the Thursday suicide attack on a bus near the Prokhladny
airfield has reached 18. Two more of the wounded remain in hospital in a grave
condition. The head of the Emergencies Ministry of the North Ossetia Boris Dzgoyev
has said that the overall death toll in the terrorist act is 18, including the
female terrorist. The doctor on duty in the Mozdok military hospital believes
that the number of the dead could rise as 11 passengers of the bus sustained serious
injuries from shrapnel.