MELITOPOL, February 17 Several people received minor injuries as a result of an explosion at a children's and youth sports school in the city of Melitopol, no one was hospitalized, investigators are checking this fact is reported in the Telegram channel of the Zaporozhye investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, the operational services told journalists that a bang was heard in one of the sports schools in the city of Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region.
The investigative department of the regional Investigative Committee explained that the cause of the explosion was an involuntary pull on the trigger of a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher during a demonstration of weapons.
«Several people received minor injuries, they were provided with medical assistance. No one was hospitalized. On this fact, investigators from the investigative department for the city of Melitopol of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Zaporozhye region are conducting a procedural check,» it says in a message from the department.