Explosion Hits Moscow Apartment Building
An explosion tore through a Moscow apartment building before dawn today, causing injuries and forcing police to evacuate the 12-story structure, Russian news agencies reported. Authorities said the blast might have been caused by a gas leak.
The explosion occurred about 4 a.m. in a fourth-floor unit.
Natural gas explosions in Russia’s often shabby apartment buildings are not uncommon, but fear of terrorism is running high in the wake of a series of blasts that authorities blame on Chechen separatists, including a deadly bombing last month on the Moscow subway.
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