A Russian travelling circus which promised mythical beasts has been the subject of complaints in Russia after it failed to live up to its claims.

Forty-six people were wounded, four of them seriously, in a bomb explosion outside a café in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk, the Emergency Situations Ministry said today.

Up to 50 people were wounded, four of them seriously, in a bomb explosion in the Belarus city of Vitebsk. It was reported today.