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Old 04-03-2017, 07:00 PM
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Those pages have now been updated with more details.

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Russian media initially reported that there were two explosions, but officials later said that there was only one blast which happened as the train was moving between the Sennaya Ploshchad and the Tekhnologichesky Institut stations.

Hours later, police found and deactivated a second explosive device at another metro station, one of the city's busiest, sending a wave of fear across St Petersburg.

After a few hours of differing casualty tolls, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said 10 people died from the blast. City health authorities said 43 others were taken to hospital.
Everyone is being sensibly cautious about the cause. My initial suspicion was Chechen terrorists, but it could be ISIS given Russia's heavy hand in Syria.
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