Investigators work near a police truck destroyed by the explosion which occurred outside a public baths in Dagestan's capital Makhachkala July 1. (AFP)

   ¡¡MOSCOW, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The death toll in Friday's terrorist blast in southern Russia rose to 11 and the number of wounded was found to be 27, the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Saturday.

    Earlier reports said 10 servicemen were killed and about 20 people, a mix of soldiers and civilians, were injured in the blast in Makhachkala, capital of Daghestanian Republic.

    The death toll rose as a soldier, who was seriously injured, died. All the killed servicemen were from troops of the Russian Interior Ministry.

    Some injured people were taken to the Daghestanian Interior Ministry's medical center on Friday evening and one of them had been transferred to Moscow overnight, Itar-Tass quoted hospital sources as saying.

    Eight civilians remained in hospital until Saturday, it said.

    Terrorists set off two bombs near a bath house at the city's Atayev Street at 2:15 p.m. local time (1015 GMT) on Friday, as the soldiers were passing by.

    The Daghestanian prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the attack. But the search efforts for the perpetrators were so far unsuccessful. Enditem