Ten people have been reportedly 10 killed and several others injured after a bomb blast hits a metro station in Russia’s St. Petersburg.
According to preliminary information released by Russia’s TASS news agency, rescue teams were being dispatched to the site of the blast, with a witness telling Reuters that eight ambulances were seen near the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station.
Another Russian news agency, RIA Novosti, however, reported that there had been apparently two separate explosions at two metro stations.
Three metro stations have been closed, according to Fontanka local media outlet.
“An evacuation from the stations is ongoing, there are people injured,” the St. Petersburg metro said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies, adding, “An unidentified object supposedly blew up in a (train) carriage.”
Another report by St. Petersburg emergency services indicated that there had been blasts in two train carriages at two metro stations.
Russia’s Interfax news agency cited a source as saying that at least one of the blasts involved a device filled with shrapnel, adding that at least 50 people had been injured.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a message of condolence, sympathizing with the families of those killed in St. Petersburg subway explosion.
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Putin is currently in St. Petersburg for a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko.
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Speaking to reporters, he said the cause of the blasts was not clear yet, adding that all possibilities, including terrorism, were being considered .
“I have already spoken to the head of our special services, they are working to ascertain the cause (of the blasts),” Putin said at a meeting with Lukashenko, adding, “The causes are not clear, it’s too early. We will look at all possible causes, terrorism as well as common crime.”
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