MOSCOW, October 17 (RAPSI) – A terrorism case was opened on Wednesday after a blast at a college in Kerch, a city in the eastern part of the Crimean peninsula, the press service of Russia’s Investigative Committee reported.

An explosive device composed of metallic items detonated in a student canteen of the Kerch Polytechnic College, the statement reads.

According to investigators, 13 persons died and 50 were wounded in the attack; most of the victims are teenagers. An alleged perpetrator of the crime reportedly killed himself.