Blast at Moscow University, no one hurt: Ifax

Moscow, Jan 26: An explosion at a student dormitory in Moscow blew a small hole in a wall and smashed windows but no one was hurt, Interfax news agency said today quoting the emergencies ministry.

The blast was on the staircase between the 17th and 18th floors of a 19-storey building that houses students at Moscow State University, the agency quoted Yevgeny Bobylov, an emergencies ministry spokesman, as saying.

The cause of the blast at the dormitory, in southern Moscow, was unknown and it did not cause a fire, Bobylov said.

Reuters