Funerals for six out of 17 people killed in Thursday's terrorist attack in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz will be held later on Saturday, local authorities said.
At least 161 other people were injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a car near the city's central market.
The other orthodox Christians who died in the attack will be laid to rest on Sunday, authorities said, while two Muslim victims were buried on Friday.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) detained three men suspected to be behind the bombing on Thursday, while President Dmitry Medvedev vowed the culprits will be destroyed.
The bombing is the latest in a series of terrorist attacks that have rocked the troubled North Caucasus in recent weeks, including a suicide attack on a military camp in Dagestan, while the Vladikavkaz market has been the target of terrorist attacks in the past.
In 1999, an explosion killed 55 people and injured 300 others. In 2008, 12 people were killed and over 40 injured in a bus bombing.
Terrorist attacks are common in Russia's North Caucasus republics, including Dagestan and Chechnya, but most target security forces or officials. The Russian government has vowed to clamp down on militant groups while stepping up efforts to boost the local economies.
VLADIKAVKAZ, September 11 (RIA Novosti)
