Russia explosion: Teen detonates device at Orthodox convent school

[Still Waters]

A Russian teenager has detonated an explosive device at an Orthodox school near a convent outside Moscow, injuring a number of people.

Russia's interior ministry says an 18-year-old man, a graduate of the school in Serpukhov, tried to blow himself up. He has reportedly survived.

The ministry says a 15-year-old is among the injured. Local media say as many as eight people are hurt.

Russia has seen a rise in attacks on schools by teenagers in recent years.

Local media are reporting that the teenager who set off the explosives was now in a critical condition in hospital. He has been named as Vladislav Struzhenkov, BBC correspondents report.

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