Stavropol (Russia), May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three people were killed and 20 injured in a bomb blast in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, authorities said Wednesday.

City administration civil defence chief Boris Skripka said an explosive device went off 15 meters from a concert hall in the city centre.

‘A terrorist attack is being considered as one of the versions of what occurred,’ Skripka said, adding that all the dead were women.

A law enforcement source told RIA Novosti that a car exploded. An investigation is underway.

–IANS/RIA Novosti

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