A vehicle exploded outside a Russian military hospital near Chechnya, destroying the building, killing at least 39 people and injuring 70 others. The four-storey red brick building was completely destroyed in the blast in Mozdok in the North Ossetia region. There were 115 people inside the building, including medical workers and patients. The building collapsed like a house of cards. He said that a fire broke out, but firefighters managed to put it out in less than two hours. Alina Totykova, deputy head of the North Ossetian hospital in Vladikavkaz, said all available ambulances were sent to Mozdok.
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