18 Hospitalized After Flash-Bang Blast at Interior Ministry Training Center in Syktyvkar

Overview

• A light-and-sound grenade detonated inside the Interior Ministry’s professional training center, igniting the roof before firefighters extinguished the blaze.
• Officials report 18 people in hospitals, including four in critical condition, five severe, and three of moderate severity.
• Seven patients are being treated at the Republican Hospital and five at the Ezhvinsky District City Hospital, where four are described as very serious.
• Six additional victims sought care at the MVD medical unit and were admitted for observation with preliminarily stable conditions.
• Health authorities say earlier counts of nine and then twelve injured were revised as assessments progressed, and all victims are under round-the-clock monitoring.