Scores Killed In Crimea College Terror Bomb Attack

BBC: Kerch blast: Crimea college bomb attack kills 18

At least 18 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an explosion at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea.

Officials said an "unidentified explosive device" detonated at the technical college in Kerch, where Russia has built a bridge between the peninsula and Russia.

Initial reports had suggested that the blast was some sort of gas explosion.

But a Russian national guard official said the incident was a deliberate "terrorist act".

Sergei Melikov said the explosion had been caused by an improvised explosive device.

National guard units had reached the scene of the "act of terrorism"' he told Interfax.

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WNU Editor: There are some reports that there were armed gunmen, but officials are denying those reports. This is a developing

news story that will be updated later today.

More News On Today's Terror Attack In Crimea

Explosion at Crimean college (Live) -- TASS
Seventeen People Dead, Up to 50 Injured Following Blast in Kerch, Russia (VIDEO) -- Sputnik
Crimea terrorist attack: 18 killed, dozens injured in explosion in Kerch college -- RT
Crimea college hit by deadly bomb blast in terror attack -- The Guardian
Russia: Explosive kills 13, injures dozens in Crimea -- AP
Thirteen people killed in armed attack on Crimean college -- Reuters
Witness on Kerch Blast: There Was No Central Entrance, There Were No Windows -- Sputnik
Terror attack among possible versions behind explosion in Crimea — Kremlin -- TASS

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