Thursday, October 15, 2009

Update, explosion in Chisinau, 32 hurt (2.27 a.m. Chisinau time)

JurnalTV is live-streaming from downtown Chisinau right now. Moldovan police have cordoned off the area in which the explosion took place and have tagged pieces of shrapnel from the grenade explosion.

Realitatea TV reports that between 5,000 and 10,000 people are normally in downtown Chisinau during concerts. Footage from the event shows large crowds of people in the area.

The grenade was placed in the crowd, in what looks like a black leather bag. Police have refused to say whether any suspects are being interrogated.

Officials have said that the explosion could have been a terrorist attack, which has rarely, if ever, happened in Moldova.

At least 32 people were hurt as a result of the explosion. Some eye-witnesses have said that some of the victims were badly hurt.

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