10 dead, dozens injured in market bombing

? The death toll in a bombing Monday at a Moscow market has risen to 10 after two people died in the hospital, the capital’s public health department says.

Conflicting reports about the number of fatalities emerged in the immediate aftermath of the incident, which happened about 10:30 a.m., with some sources saying 10 people had lost their lives and others saying eight.

But a spokesperson with the health department said the death toll had reached double figures Monday afternoon. “As of 4 p.m. Moscow time, 49 people were hospitalized; 12 of them were discharged after being given first aid, but two (more) died,” the official said.

She said 35 people were currently in the hospital, including six in critical condition and nine in serious condition.

Moscow Prosecutor Yury Syomin said earlier Monday that a turf war between commercial groups was at the center of an investigation into the bombing at the Cherkizovsky market in the northeast of the city, adding that investigators were also considering terrorism in the attack.