Explosion på ett universitet i Ukraina (2012-12-27)

Police were investigating the blast and were looking into the possibility it may have been caused by a bomb, a police spokeswoman said.

Regional prosecutors said a 62-year-old man had been killed in the incident, which they said probably involved a hand grenade.

"According to preliminary information, the dead person was at odds with a staff member (of the university) over a plot of land ...," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

The blast also wounded a university teacher and a student but their lives were not in danger, it said.

The explosion may be organised by a former serviceman of border troops. He can be cold-shouldered with one of the professors. The territory of the medical university in Chernovtsky downtown has been closed off. Rescuers, police and the gas service work on the ground. All people have been immediately evacuated from the building.