A man died, while another two men were hurt in an explosion that occurred in the yard of an apartment building situated in Botanica district of Chisinau on July 7, IPN reports.

The police and specialized squads travelled to the scene and the area was isolated.

Update /5:01pm/: One of the men injured in the blast was rushed to the Emergency Medicine Institute. Contacted by IPN for details, the Institute’s spokeswoman Dorina Arsene said the man is in a serious, but stable state. He suffered face and shoulder injuries.