An unknown explosive device has detonated in a bus in Volgograd,
central Russia, killing at least five people and injuring 20. A
terrorist attack is now viewed as the cause of the blast.
A terrorist act has been confirmed by the National Anti-terrorist Committee.
“Today at 14.05 Moscow time [10:05 GMT] in Volgograd inside a bus, as a result of an unknown explosive device going off, a blast happened, leading to casualties,” a national Anti-terrorist Committee representative told Itar-TASS.
“Control headquarters is coordinating fast response services, as well as security forces, to prevent more explosions from happening,” he said.
Twenty people were injured in the blast, seven of them are in critical condition.
Forty passengers were on the bus.
Russia’s Emergency Ministry is ready to send a plane to Volgograd to evacuate the injured to Moscow, according to the official representative of the Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius.
A murder case has been opened.
Volgograd is situated 1,000km to the south-east of Moscow.
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A terrorist act has been confirmed by the National Anti-terrorist Committee.
“Today at 14.05 Moscow time [10:05 GMT] in Volgograd inside a bus, as a result of an unknown explosive device going off, a blast happened, leading to casualties,” a national Anti-terrorist Committee representative told Itar-TASS.
“Control headquarters is coordinating fast response services, as well as security forces, to prevent more explosions from happening,” he said.
Twenty people were injured in the blast, seven of them are in critical condition.
Forty passengers were on the bus.
Russia’s Emergency Ministry is ready to send a plane to Volgograd to evacuate the injured to Moscow, according to the official representative of the Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius.
A murder case has been opened.
Volgograd is situated 1,000km to the south-east of Moscow.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW
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