A terror act is the main version of the explosions at the Baksan hydropower station on Wednesday morning, a source at the Kabardino-Balkar Republic’s law enforcement authorities said.
Two strangers got into the station at about 04:20 Moscow time, a source in law enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass. “They killed two security and injured the head of the shift and his assistant, which were taken to hospital,” the source said. “The strangers installed explosive devices in the plant’s control room and at 05:20 Moscow time the explosions went off.”
The republic’s branch of the RusHydro Company said that there had been three explosions at the stations, with an interval of 5-6 minutes. The explosions damaged a distribution substation, and “another explosive device may be placed at another distribution substation,” the source said.
There is no risk of underflooding, and the explosions will not affect the supplies of electricity, RusHydro said. Presently, the station is stopped, firemen are working in the control room.