A blast in a supermarket in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg that injured at least four people on Wednesday was caused by a homemade bomb, an official said. “A homemade explosive device with the power equivalent to 200 grammes of TNT filled with lethal fragments went off in a Saint Petersburg shopping centre,” Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told Russian news agencies. Police said the blast occurred in a supermarket northeast of the city centre, with sources telling Russian agencies that the exploding object was traced to a storage locker. As a result, several people have been injured,” the Saint Petersburg police said, giving the incident’s location. All shoppers have been evacuated,” an emergencies ministry representative told Interfax, adding that police and investigators were at the scene.

Source: Hindustan Times December 27, 2017 17:18 UTC