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Dozens injured in Prague blast

Other News Materials 29 April 2013 15:13 (UTC +04:00)
Dozens of people were injured in a powerful explosion at a building in Prague on Monday, dpa reported according to media reports.
Dozens injured in Prague blast

Dozens of people were injured in a powerful explosion at a building in Prague on Monday, dpa reported according to media reports.

The CTK news agency and the idnes.cz portal citing police said up to 40 people were injured in the explosion at the Prague Film Academy.

Rescuers were searching the rubble of the building. At least a dozen people were treated for cuts from flying glass, Czech radio reported.

The blast was heard several kilometres away and shattered the windows of nearby buildings and parked cars.

Media reports quoted police and firefighters as saying that a gas leak may have caused.

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