At least seven people were killed last weekend in an explosion of munitions caused by the accidental detonation of a grenade in the Russian region of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday (January 17th). .
The bodies of four people who were missing after the incident have been discovered, according to a spokesman for the emergency services quoted by the agency.
"
The number of victims has thus risen to seven people
," said the source.
An “unintentional” explosion
In the wake of the explosion, which took place on Saturday January 14 in premises for military personnel in the Belgorod region, the rescuers, quoted by several Russian media, had reported three dead and eight people missing.
According to Interfax, a sergeant " unintentionally
" detonated
a grenade in a dormitory, causing the ammunition to explode and a fire.
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On Telegram, the Baza media, reputed to be close to the Russian security services, claimed that all the victims were soldiers mobilized to go and fight in Ukraine.
In September, President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of 300,000 reservists, after a series of Russian military setbacks in Ukraine.
Relatives of soldiers and critics of the Kremlin denounced a “
chaotic
” mobilization, saying that soldiers had been sent to the front without adequate equipment and training.
