MOSCOW: Three suicide bombers carried out explosions in a village in Russia’s Stavropol region, close to the North Caucasus, Interfax news agency quoted a police source as saying on Monday.

The suicide bombers were killed by the blasts and no one else was hurt, according to RIA news agency.

In February, at least seven people, including two children, were killed in Russia on Tuesday when a gas explosion caused part of a block of flats to collapse, officials said.

“Due to the explosion, one section of a five-storey residential building collapsed” in the city of Yaroslavl north of Moscow, the regional emergencies ministry said in a statement.

“Five flats have been completely destroyed. Seven people died, including a teenager and a five-year-old child,” it said. The incident happened around 4:20 am (0120 GMT).

Three injured people rushed to hospital while authorities evacuated 131 residents and put them in temporary housing.