Russia Bombed by Terrorist, 10 reported dead

Russia’s popular city St. Petersburg has been hit by a bomb blast which has killed at least ten people with about 40 injured.

The blast which occurred in the city’s metro

According to reports, Russia’s health minister, Veronika Skvortsova, said seven people were killed immediately while another died in an ambulance and two more died in hospital.

An unidentified explosive device went off at 2:20pm Monday on a train leaving the Technology Institute station and heading to the Sennaya Ploshchad station, Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said.

Russian security agencies found and defused a second explosive device at the Ploschad Vosstaniya station, the committee also said.

President Vladimir Putin, who had been in St. Petersburg earlier in the day, said all causes were being investigated, including terrorism. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev described the explosion as a “terrorist act.”