An explosion rocked the subway system of Russia's second largest city, St. Petersburg. According to preliminary reports, ten people were killed in the incident. The incident occurred at about 14:40 Moscow time, when an unidentified explosive device went off in a subway car as it was travelling between the Tekhnologichesky Institut and Sennaya Ploshchad stations on the blue line of St. Petersburg’s metro. About 50 people were hurt in the blast, spokesman for the city’s governor Andrei Kibitov said.
Deadly blast strikes St. Petersburg's subway
According to preliminary reports, ten people were killed in the incident
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An explosion rocked the subway system of Russia's second largest city, St. Petersburg
© Anton Vaganov/TASS According to preliminary reports, ten people were killed in the incident
© Anton Vaganov/TASS At about 14:40 Moscow time an unidentified explosive device went off in a metro train when it was mocing between the Tekhnologichesty Institut and Sennaya Ploshchad station in St. Petersburg
© Anton Vaganov/TASS Seven metro stations in the city have been closed following the blast
© Piotr Kovalev/TASS An explosion hit the subway in Russia's second largest city St. Petersburg
© Anton Vaganov/TASS A man at the entrance to Tekhnologichesky Institut station of the St Petersburg metro in the aftermath of an explosion
© Anton Vaganov/TASS Emergency services work outside Sennaya Square metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia
© AP Photo About 50 people were hurt in a blast in the St. Petersburg metro system, spokesman for the city’s governor Andrei Kibitov said
© Piotr Kovalev/TASS A police officer and emergency service workers at the entrance to Tekhnologichesky Institut station in St. Petersburg
© Piotr Kovalev/TASS