17 October,2018 06:52 PM IST | Moscow | IANS
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At least 10 people were killed and around 50 were injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said anti-terror authorities were examining the possibility that the blast, which hit the polytechnic college in the Crimean city of Kerch, was caused by a bomb, Efe news reported.
Initial reports from the scene attributed it to a gas explosion.
The Russian media said the victims were all students and at least 30 people required hospitalization.
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Kerch is located on the Crimean Peninsula's closest point with mainland Russia, to which it is connected by a road bridge.
Russia annexed Crimea -- which has a majority ethnic Russian populace -- in 2014 following the Ukrainian revolution; although Kiev maintains it is part of its territorial integrity.
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