Belarus blast, not far from leader, wounds 50

MINSK (Reuters) - About 50 people were wounded early on Friday by a home-made bomb that sprayed nuts and bolts into a crowd at an open-air concert in Belarus's capital attended by long-time ruler President Alexander Lukashenko, officials said.

Lukashenko, who has ruled the ex-Soviet state with an iron grip since the mid-1990s, was not far from the blast but was unhurt and did not appear to have been the target, his spokesman said.