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Monday, April 3, 2017
Explosion hits Saint Petersburg metro, injuries reported
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe subway in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is reporting that several people have been injured in an explosion on a subway train.
The subway’s administration says several stations in the northern Russian city have been closed and that an evacuation is underway Monday afternoon.
“An evacuation from the stations is ongoing, there are people injured,” the Saint Petersburg metro said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies. “An unidentified object supposedly blew up in a (train) carriage.”
Russian news agencies quote Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed about the explosion. Putin is visiting the city Monday and is expected to hold talks with the Belarusian president later in the day.
— AFP, AP
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