MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bomb blast in a St Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was an act of terrorism, and that security forces whose lives were threatened by terrorist suspects should shoot to kill if necessary. Putin was speaking on Thursday at an awards ceremony in the Kremlin for Russian personnel who served in Syria. “You know that yesterday in St Petersburg a terrorist act was carried out,” Putin told the audience, referring to the explosion that injured 13 shoppers in a branch of the Perekrestok supermarket chain. Alexander Demianchuk via Getty Images An explosion inside the Perekrestok supermarket in St. Petersburg on Wednesday injured more than a dozen people. Putin said security forces should take no chances with their own lives if confronted by terrorist suspects.

Source: Huffington Post December 28, 2017 09:22 UTC