MINSK (AP) -- Belarus' authoritarian president said Saturday he does not believe a bomb that tore through a concert he was attending was aimed at him.

The bomb wounded around 50 people who were among thousands at a concert Friday in central Minsk commemorating Belarus' Independence Day.
The explosion happened just after midnight local time, as thousands of people were gathered for a concert at a war memorial in the capital.
""I don't think it was targeted against me,"" President Alexander Lukashenko told journalists while visiting a historical-cultural center in the Minsk region.
No arrests have been made and officials have blamed the bombing on ""hooligans.""
But Lukashenko, in office since 1994, said he would not use the bombing as a pretext to get tougher on opposition forces.
""We do not plan a policy of tightening the screws after the incident,"" he said.
Russia's security service has joined with Belarusian officers in investigating the bombing. Lukashenko also said the United States had offered assistance, which would be accepted if necessary.
Dmitry Kudyakov, 32, said he felt a strong shockwave and saw smoke. ""People started crying. Some fell on me and there was a lot of blood,"" he told the Associated Press news agency.
Most of the injured suffered from shrapnel wounds caused when the bomb exploded.
Belarus became independent when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991.