TRANSNISTRIA - Trans-Dniester blast kills eight

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Thursday,

6 July 2006,

10:01 GMT 11:01 UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trans-Dniester

blast kills eight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The blast

happened near the city centre

 

 

 

At

least eight people have been killed in an explosion on a city minibus in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester

region, officials say.

More than 20 people were injured - some seriously - in the blast

in the city of Tiraspol. Officials

said they believed it was caused by a bomb.

The authorities issued an urgent appeal for donors to help the

badly wounded.

Trans-Dniester, which broke away from Moldova in a 1991-1992

war, is not internationally recognised.

The blast took place at about 0700 (0400 GMT) at a

crossroads near the city centre.

" The blast was so powerful that the roof of the minibus was

thrown a distance of about 100 metres, and clothes were ripped off the bodies

of the victims, " said Trans-Dniester's interior

ministry spokesman, quoted by Russia's RIA Novosti

news agency.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several people were injured inside a

nearby trolleybus, officials said.

Experts are working at the scene trying to determine the cause

of the explosion.

However, Trans-Dniester's interior deputy

minister Oleg Belyakov said it could have been caused by an explosive device

which was accidentally triggered.

Trans-Dniester, a mainly Russian-speaking region,

has been tense since March, when Moldova and Ukraine imposed a new

customs regime. It requires exporters in

Trans-Dniester to register with the Moldovan authorities.

The Trans-Dniester administration says it amounts to a blockade.

 

Russian troops are deployed in the region to protect the

separatists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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