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Explosion in Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, 1 person hurt - TASS

Published: 06 Apr 2017 - 09:01 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 03:02 pm
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MOSCOW: There was an explosion in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don early on Thursday, and one person was hurt, a law enforcement source told TASS news agency.

REN-TV cited witnesses as saying that the explosion happened near a school on Sadovaya Street and that a maintenance worker was injured in the blast.

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