Three people have been injured in an explosion in an elite military academy in Russia, the Defence Ministry said. Three people have been injured in an explosion in an elite military academy in Russia, the Defence Ministry said. Officials said an unidentified “object” went off inside the prestigious Mozhaisky Academy in St Petersburg, which trains officers for the army’s missile defence unit. Live footage from outside the academy showed dozens of cadets being led out of the gated compound. A local news website, Fontanka, reported that the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device with an equivalent of 200g of TNT.

Source: Irish Independent April 02, 2019 12:22 UTC