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| Volgograd blasts: New deadly explosion hits Russian city | |
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| At least 10 people have been killed and 10 others hurt in a suspected terrorist attack on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, officials say. | |
| The blast comes a day after 17 people died in a suicide bombing at the central station in the city. | |
| Security has been tightened at railway stations and airports across Russia. | Security has been tightened at railway stations and airports across Russia. |
| Moscow is concerned militant groups could be ramping up violence in the run-up to the 2014 winter Olympic Games in the city of Sochi. | Moscow is concerned militant groups could be ramping up violence in the run-up to the 2014 winter Olympic Games in the city of Sochi. |
| The Olympic venue is close to Russia's volatile north Caucasus region. | |
| Volgograd lies about 900km (560 miles) south of Moscow, 650km north of the North Caucasus and 700km north-east of Sochi. | |
| The latest explosion took place near a market in the city's Dzerzhinsky district on Monday morning. | |
| The area has been cordoned off, and police and emergency services are at the scene. | |
| Images posted on social media websites showed a burned-out vehicle and bodies scattered around. | |
| Sunday's blast rocked Volgograd-1 station at around 12:45 (08:45 GMT) at a time of year when millions of Russians are travelling to celebrate the New Year. | |
| A nearby security camera facing the station caught the moment of the blast, showing a bright orange flash behind the station's main doors. | |
| The explosion shattered windows and sent debris and plumes of smoke from the station entrance. | |
| No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast, but a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee said the incident was being treated as an act of terrorism. | |
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