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| Explosive device caused blast in Crimea college - antiterror officials | |
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| An unidentified explosive device had caused the blast at a college in the Crimean city of Kerch, Russia’s anti-terrorist authorities confirmed. The site is being swept by FSB explosive ordnance teams. | An unidentified explosive device had caused the blast at a college in the Crimean city of Kerch, Russia’s anti-terrorist authorities confirmed. The site is being swept by FSB explosive ordnance teams. |
| “There was a detonation of an unidentified explosive device in Kerch,” Russia’s National Anti-terrorist Committee (NAC) said. The agency confirmed ten people were killed in the blast and at least 50 were injured. The injured have been rushed to hospitals. Medics confirm 34 people have been hospitalized so far. | “There was a detonation of an unidentified explosive device in Kerch,” Russia’s National Anti-terrorist Committee (NAC) said. The agency confirmed ten people were killed in the blast and at least 50 were injured. The injured have been rushed to hospitals. Medics confirm 34 people have been hospitalized so far. |
| Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the investigators are considering terrorism as the possible cause of the incident. | Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the investigators are considering terrorism as the possible cause of the incident. |
| Witnesses told RT that aside from the blast they heard gunfire inside the college. Some saw men with their faces covered burst into the building and open fire at students and teachers. The unknown gunmen were apparently armed with assault rifles and were throwing firecrackers. | |
| Crimea’s ombudsman said most victims of the blast were students. “They are students, children are among the most affected,” she told Interfax news agency. | |
| Other witness accounts began spreading in Russian social media. “There was a blast and then the shooting… we started jumping out of the windows… children’s bodies were lying all over the place,” said a voice apparently belonging to a student of the college. The testimony which you can hear on the video has first surfaced on Russian social network Vkontakte cannot be independently verified. The girl is heard saying that she saw her friend shot and killed before her eyes. | |
| When the powerful blast rocked the technical college preliminary reports suggested that a gas leak might have caused the incident. However, the site which has been cordoned off is currently being inspected by FSB explosive ordnance teams and forensic experts. | |
| NAC spokesman said FSB and police task forces were dispatched to Kerch. All law enforcement units are working on investigating the blast and “preventing other possible explosions.” | |
| Russia’s Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova is set to arrive to Crimea to coordinate relief efforts. | Russia’s Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova is set to arrive to Crimea to coordinate relief efforts. |
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