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cigarette while inside the looted factory, as some were checking the site for weapons, which soon led to an explosion. It was loud enough to be heard roughly 15 km (9.3 mi) from the factory, and left many charred bodies at the scene. Compiling the death toll was made more difficult as many bodies were found completely burnt through. Some of the injured people were taken to
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rifles. After the fall of the Soviet Union it continued to operate as a centre of weapons production, On March 28, 2011,
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