2 Chinese citizens killed in bus crash in Russia's Far East: Chinese Foreign Ministry

Two Chinese citizens were killed and many injured in a bus crash in Russia's far eastern Primorye territory, the Center for Consular Assistance and Protection of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday on its social media account.

A tourist bus, from Dongning City of China's Heilongjiang province to Russia's port city of Vladivostok, overturned near the city of Ussuriysk at 16:30 local time (0630 GMT) on Tuesday, it said.

Chinese Consulate General in Vladivostok has sent staff to the accident scene, it added.