4 Killed, 10 Injured in Bus Blast in South Russia

4 killed, 10 injured in bus blast in South Russia

MOSCOW, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — At least four people were killed and 10 injured in a bus explosion in the Russian Caucasus Republicof North Ossetia on Thursday, a local police source said.

“A child is among those killed. Ten people have been hospitalized and one woman is in a very severe condition,” he was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying.

A spokesman for the North Ossetian investigation committee saidthe blast occurred at about 6.00 p.m. Moscow time (1500 GMT) when the bus was running from Pyatigorsk to Vladikavkaz.

An investigative group has been sent to the scene, the source said.

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