TOGLIATTI, October 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Investigators are probing into three main versions of the bomb blast on a crowded city bus in Togliatti on Wednesday morning – a terrorist attack, a criminal connection and careless handling of explosives, the chief of the Samara Region office of the federal security service FSB, Yuri Rozhin, said earlier in the day.
“Version number one, that of a terrorism attack, is the prevailing one,” he said.
A criminal case has been opened under three articles of the Criminal Code – terrorism, murder of two or more persons, and illegal circulation of explosives.
The regional FSB chief confirmed earlier reports the bomb’s yield measured two kilograms of TNT.
Rozhin also said the whereg held at the governor's office is to decide on compensations to Be Paid to the Relatives of Those Injured and Killed by the blast and on opening a bank account to Which Volunteers Will Be Invited to Contribute donations.
The presidential representative in the Volga Federal District, Alexander Konovalov, has urgently left for Togliatti, where, I will chair a meeting of the crisis management center tonight.
The Tragedy Occurred at 8:17 local time at a crossroads near a bus stop in the center of Togliatti. It Remains unknown at this point whether the bomb Had Been Planted on the bus in advance or WAS Carried by Some of the Passengers.
A joint team of Investigators of the city police, the Samara Region police force, the federal security
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