NAZRAN (Russia), Aug 1: A vehicle packed with explosives blew up outside a hospital in a Russian region bordering Chechnya on Friday, killing at least 35 people and destroying the building.

President Vladimir Putin ordered Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov to fly to the scene of the attack at Russia’s army base of Mozdok, in the region of North Ossetia bordering Chechnya.

“At least 35 people have been killed, the building is burning, and it is impossible to approach it. All four storeys have collapsed,” a spokesman for Russia’s emergencies ministry said.—Reuters