30 December,2013 10:53 AM IST | | IANS
Russian Investigation Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said the explosion could also be a terror attack, resembling the Sunday blast at the city's railway station that left at least 16 dead and more than 40 injured.
A criminal case under the act of terrorism and illegal turnover of explosives has been opened.
The emergency situations ministry has sent a plane with medical modules on board to attend the victims of the explosion.