Several people detained on suspicion of involvement into Zaporizhia church blast - media

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Several people have been detained on suspicion of involvement into the explosion in the Intercession Cathedral in Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Reporter Web site said referring to Interior Minister Anatoliy Mohyliov.

"Several people have been detained. They are most likely involved into the case, however this hasn't been proved yet – questionings and examinations are underway. So we cannot say anything more specific about these people yet," the Web site quoted the interior minister as saying in Zaporizhia on Friday.

Mohyliov also said that the experts concluded that a clock-operated bomb went off in the church.

According to the Web site, regional police chief Volodymyr Serba said that the main department of the Interior Ministry's branch in Zaporizhia region is ready to pay UAH 200,000 as a reward for the information about the person or people behind the explosion.

As reported, an explosion occurred at the Intercession Church (subordinate to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate) in the center of Zaporizhia on Wednesday. A nun who was injured in the explosion died later in hospital. A criminal case on the blast has been opened.