The article begins with a summary lede: "A powerful explosion tore into a minibus in Russia's tumultuous Caucasus region on Thursday, killing at least eight people in what investigators said might have been an act of terrorism, possibly by a female suicide bomber." This lede gives the reader the who, what, when, where, and even some of the why. If I were writing this story, I might have changed the order and put the information about the people first, because they are what's truly important in the article.
The following paragraph provides elaboration on exactly what happened and where, as well as giving the so what - 30 people were wounded in the blast. This is the nut graf. All this and the lede are properly attributed to investigators and officials. Later in the article, the article is given credibility by using a North Ossetia parliament member, a spokeswomen for the area's police, and the U.S. ambassador to Russia.
The piece doesn't have much of a structure. If any, it follows the background structure, and serves merely to provide information on what happened in this event. Information from what's occurred formerly in the region is provided as well. The article ends well, with a killer quote from the U.S. ambassador, John Byerly, which also serves as a look-ahead ending.
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