MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - A woman was seriously injured in a bomb blast in east Moscow, a police source said on Sunday.
The unidentified explosive device went off at about 6:00 p.m. Moscow time (2:00 p.m. GMT) Sunday in Uralskaya Street near Shchelkovskaya metro station, the police source said.
The woman is receiving medical assistance while the place of the explosion has been cordoned off, the police source said.
The police source did not rule out that the bomb could have exploded in the woman's bag.
Investigative measures are under way, the police source said.