( Reuters ) - Russian prosecutors labelled as a "terrorist" act a bomb explosion that killed 8 and injured more than 20 passengers in the city of Togliatti on Wednesday.
They opened a criminal investigation into the attack, Russian news agencies reported, three hours after the early morning explosion.
"According to the facts of the explosion in the bus in Togliatti, it is a criminal case that was initiated according to the paragraph 'Terror Act' of Russian law," said Vladimir Artyakov, the governor of the local Samara region, where Togliatti is situated.