Explosion Destroys Bus, Leaving 8 Dead, 46 Hurt
From Times Wire Reports
An explosion ripped apart a small bus in a separatist region of Moldova, killing eight people and injuring 46, state media said.
The blast in the Trans-Dniester capital, Tiraspol, blew the roof and sides off the bus, the news agency Lenta PNR said.
Oleg Beleakov, the separatists’ deputy interior minister, was quoted as telling Russian news agency RIA Novosti that a passenger might have been carrying a bomb meant for a commando killing, and it might have exploded accidentally.
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