A 9-story apartment building where border guards and their families lived was blown up in the attack. Sixty-eight people, including 55 border guards and their families (21 children) were killed in the attack.
Today, flowers will be laid at the memorial at the location of the tragedy and candles will be lit. Border guard units will hold memorial events and Russian Orthodox churches, including the Stavropol Cathedral, and mosques will hold services.
"The memory of the dead comrades will always live in the hearts of the people of Russia and will be immortalized in the glorious history of the Russian border guards," the spokesman said. "For everyone with honor and military duty, the cold night of November 1996 will forever be marked by a mourning and grief."
