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“Terrorist act” in Russia’s Detroit · 2007-10-31 16:35

explosion on a bus in Togliatti, www.tltnews.ruAt least eight people were killed and 56 were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in the Russian city of Togliatti.

Authorities said they were treating the suspected bombing as a terrorist act, Reuters informs.

The early morning explosion on the bus, which came as people traveled to work in the rush hour, was probably caused by about 1 kg (2.2 lbs) of explosives, local police sources were quoted by local news agencies as saying.

explosion on a bus in TogliattiInterfax said eight people were killed and 56 others injured in the incident, including passengers and bystanders. Some of those injured were in a critical condition.

“A criminal case under the clause for terrorism has been opened,” Vladimir Artyakov, the governor of the local Samara region, where Togliatti is situated, was quoted as saying by RIA news agency.

He said prosecutors had also opened criminal cases for murder and the illegal storage of explosives.

Togliatti, an industrial city on the banks of the Volga river, is more than 1,000 km (620 miles) southwest of Moscow and home to the country’s biggest carmaker, AvtoVaz, and is sometimes called Russia’s Detroit.

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