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The Latest: Device behind explosion in Crimea that killed 10
MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the deadly explosion at a college in Crimea (all times local):
1:45 p.m.
Russia's counter-terrorism agency says the blast that killed 10 people at a college in Crimea was triggered by an explosive device.
The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that the blast at the vocational college in the city of Kerch in eastern Crimea was caused by an unidentified explosive device.
It said about 50 others were wounded, but gave no further details.
Earlier, emergency officials said the blast was caused by a gas canister explosion.
The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, and Russia's health minister, have headed to the area.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that triggered Western sanctions.
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1 p.m.
Russian news agencies say that up to 10 people may have been killed and at least 40 others wounded by a natural gas explosion at a college in Crimea.
The gas canister explosion is said to have occurred Wednesday at the vocational college in the city of Kerch in eastern Crimea, according to local emergency officials.
The Interfax news agency cited local officials as saying up to 10 people might have been killed and about 40 others might have been injured by the blast.
The cause of the explosion wasn't immediately clear.
Russia has annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that triggered Western sanctions.
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