10 dead in Moscow market blast

MOSCOW — A bomb blast tore through a Moscow market Monday morning, news agencies quoted the city’s deputy mayor as saying. Officials said the blast killed 10 people and injured 31.

Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin said a homemade bomb caused the blast, which hit a two-storey trading arcade at Cherkizovsky market in the northeastern part of the city about 10:30 a.m., Russian news agencies reported.

A 200-square-metre section of the market collapsed in the blast, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Stadnikova said. She said at least two of those killed were children.