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Only one blast in St Petersburg metro

Published: 03 Apr 2017 - 04:34 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 06:40 pm
General view of emergency services attending the scene outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, following explosions in two train carriages in St. Petersburg, Russia April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

General view of emergency services attending the scene outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, following explosions in two train carriages in St. Petersburg, Russia April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

Reuters

MOSCOW: There was only one blast in St Peterburg's metro system which happened in a train in between two stations, a source in Russia's emergency services said on Monday.

"There was one blast in one site in between (stations) as the train arrived at the Technology Institute station from Sennaya (Ploshchad) station," the source told Reuters. 

Russian media reported earlier that there were two blasts. Ten people have been killed in the incident, authorities said.