Two killed in blast at US veterans’ hospital

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Two people have been killed in an explosion at a Veterans Affairs hospital in the US state of Connecticut, officials said.

“We received a report this morning that an explosion occurred at the West Haven campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System that resulted in two deaths in a non-patient care area,” VA secretary Robert Wilkie said in a statement.