Explosion rocks subway station in St. Petersburg, Russia

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John Bacon , USA TODAY


DEVELOPING - An explosion rocked a subway station Monday in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, and the Russian news agency Tass reported that several people were injured.

Evacuation is underway, and seven metro stations in the city have been closed following the blast, Tass said.

A spokesman for the regional department of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry told the news agency it was checking reports on the smoke in the metro. "There is a complaint about the smoke, the staff members are going to the scene," the official said.

Tass said the explosion took place at the Sennaya Ploshchad station, an area of the city sometimes known as Hay Square for its history as a trading center for hay, straw and wood.

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FOX News and The Associated Press


At least one explosion at a subway station in St. Petersburg Monday killed an estimated 10 people and wounded many more, Russian media reported.

One of the blasts came from a device that appeared to be filled with shrapnel, according to Sky News. One explosion unfolded at the Sennaya Ploshchad station, the BBC added.

Photos from the scene appeared to show injured commuters on the platform, and a train car with a door blown out.

The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

Several stations in the northern Russian city have been closed and an evacuation is under way, administration officials said.

Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed about the explosion. Putin is visiting the city Monday and is expected to hold talks with the president of Belarus later in the day.

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Yeah, Russia isn't a bunch of pussies like the US government...they will fuck you up

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FOX News and The Associated Press


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A Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen was identified Tuesday as one of the suspects in the deadly St. Petersburg subway bombing that left 14 dead and dozens injured.

Akbarzhon Dzhalilov is believed to be between 21 and 22 years old, Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security said in a statement. Authorities did not know his specific role in the bombing.

Russian authorities said a suicide bomber is believed to have been behind the subway blast. The Interfax news agency said authorities believe the suspect was linked to radical Islamic groups and carried the explosive device onto the train in a backpack.

There were two bombs planted at the subway, only one exploded. Both bombs were filled with shrapnel, Sky News reported. The unexploded device was rigged with up to 2.2 pounds of explosives, Russian media reported.

The entire St. Petersburg subway system was shut down and evacuated, but partial service resumed after about six hours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said investigators were looking into all possible causes. President Trump called it "absolutely a terrible thing," adding, "it's happening all over the world." Putin was visiting the city at the time, the second-biggest in Russia and his hometown.

Late Monday, the White House said Trump called Putin to express his condolences for the bombing and to offer the full support of the United States "in responding to the attack and bringing those responsible to justice."

St. Petersburg, like Moscow, is home to a large diaspora of Central Asian migrants who flee poverty and unemployment in their home countries for jobs in Russia. While most Central Asian migrants in Russia have work permits or work illegally, thousands of them have received Russian citizenship in the past decades.

Russian authorities have rejected calls to impose visas on Central Asian nationals, hinting that having millions of jobless men across the border from Russia would be a bigger security threat.

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