Moscow: The main bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with mainland Russia has been partially destroyed following a truck explosion.
The Speaker of Russia’s lower House of parliament, the Duma, called it “an act of war” as the country’s investigative committee said on Saturday it had “initiated a criminal case in connection with the incident on the Crimean bridge,” adding that “a truck was blown up”.
According to preliminary information, a truck was blown up which caused seven fuel tanks to ignite on a train heading towards the Crimea peninsula,” the committee said.
As a result, two lanes partially collapsed, it added.
The investigative committee said it had sent detectives to the scene.
“Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee are establishing all the circumstances of the incident and persons involved in the crime.”
