Casualties in bank office blast in Melitopol range 25-32
18:32, 2 June 2009
KIEV. June 2. KAZINFORM Investigators are probing into the terrorist attack version of Tuesday?s blasts at an office of the Oshchada savings bank in Melitopol, Ukraine, sources in the law enforcement told Itar-Tass; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
The exact number of casualties remains unclear. The Zaporozhie Region police department says there are 25 confirmed casualties. Shortly afterwards the news arrived of 32 injured. Most of them were hurt with pieces of glass from smashed windows.
The bank?s office was strongly damaged. The explosion was so strong that it smashed the windows of several cars parked nearby. Witnesses say there were two or even three blasts; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
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