At least 10 people were killed in explosions in two train carriages at metro stations in St. Petersburg on Monday, Russian authorities said. President Vladimir Putin, who was in St. Petersburg for a meeting with Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko, said the cause of the blasts was not yet clear and efforts were underway to find out. Emergency services direct pedestrians outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, following explosions in two train carriages at metro stations in St. Petersburg, Russia April 3, 2017 (Anton Vaganov / Reuters). Authorities closed all St. Petersburg metro stations. At least 38 people were killed in 2010 when two female suicide bombers detonated bombs on packed Moscow metro trains.

Source: Egypt Independent April 03, 2017 13:52 UTC