At least 10 people were killed in an explosion on the metro in Russia’s St Petersburg that ripped through a train carriage causing carnage.
According to reports, eight ambulances rushed to the scene and there are pictured emerging of bodies strewn across the platform.
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The Life News website showed pictures of blown-out train doors and several injured people on the station platform.
Metro bosses said there were reports of a blast – possibly from an improvised explosive device – inside a train.
“We are investigating if there was a suicide bomber on the subway. It is clear that security measures at the entrance to the metro stations are not working. There is a very high probablity that it was a terrorist attack, because it is impossible to get something (other than a bomb) like a gas cylinder underground. Information on terrorist threats on transport and in public places was being recieved by the authorities and security measures were taken.” – RBTH quoted a source.
Seven metro stations have been closed in St. Petersburg after an explosion hit a metro car, the metro’s press service said in a statement. “Park Pobedy, Elektrosila, Moskovskiye Vorota, Frunzenskaya, Tekhnologichesky Institut, Sennaya Ploshchad, and Gostiny Dvor metro stations have been closed,” it reads. The metro’s press service also said passengers were being evacuated while casualties have been reported