The mayor , Vitaly Karayev , died from gunshot wounds . Vitaly Karayev and the rest of the North Ossetia have been plagued with violence . Earlier this month , a suicide bomber targeted a minibus unloading passengers at a market in Vladikavkaz , killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40 others . Area is near where a conflict erupted between Russia and Chechnya in August . North Ossetia also borders the long-turbulent breakaway region of Russia .
The mayor , Vitaly Karayev , died from gunshot wounds . Vitaly Karayev and the rest of the North Ossetia have been plagued with violence . Area is near where a conflict erupted between Russia and Chechnya in August . North Ossetia also borders the long-turbulent breakaway region of Russia .