At least 15 dead in Russian nightclub blast

At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a nightclub explosion in the Russian city of Perm tonight.

There were no immediate reports on the possible cause of the explosion, in the early hours of Saturday local time.

The ITAR-Tass news agency cited an unnamed police source as saying there were about 200 people in the club, and 15 were killed and another 60 injured.

Perm is about 700 miles (1,200 kilometres) east of Moscow.