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April 3 in the metro of St. Petersburg, an explosion occurred, which killed 10 people.
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3 APR in subway of Saint-Petersburg explosion, which killed at least 10 people, wounds of varying severity received 50 people, including children.
The tragedy happened on the stretch between the stations “Institute of Technology” and “Sennaya Ploschad”. On one of versions, the explosive device has led the suicide bomber.
The largest terrorist attack in the Russian underground since 2000 — in reference to “Izvestia”.
29 Mar 2010 in Moscow there was a series of explosions at intervals of less than an hour. One occurred at the station “Lubyanka”, and the second — on “culture Park”.
The first explosion occurred at 07:56 on the “Lubyanka” right before opening the door of the car. According to some, the power of the device up to 4 kg in a trotyl equivalent. The attack claimed the lives of 24 people.
The second bomb exploded in 08:36 at station “culture Park”. The tragedy happened when most of the passengers had already left the train. Killing 12 people.
In total, metro employees and Ministry of emergency situations evacuated more than 3.5 thousand people. 88 the injured were evacuated, four more died in the following days.
After the terrorist attacks in the capital have introduced a plan “Volcano”: all stations were surveyed by cynologists, and the Moscow airports and railway stations have strengthened security measures.
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4 Feb 2007 the attack took place in Saint Petersburg at the station “Vladimirskaya”. The power of the explosion was 50 g in a trotyl equivalent. It has affected the saleswoman of a flower stall, who worked near the scene of the explosion. The organizers of the explosion were later caught and sentenced to prison.
February 6, 2004 at rush hour in the capital on the stretch between the stations “Paveletskaya” and “Avtozavodskaya” the explosion occurred. As a result of a terrorist attack organized by a terrorist-suicide bomber, killing 41 people and more than 250 injured. Immediately after the explosion in the second car began a strong fire. Getting out of the train, the passengers began to provide first aid. The explosion was so strong that the wave reached the first car, dented the door to the cab and knocked out one of the windshields.
31 August 2004 was a terrorist attack near the station “Riga”. According to investigators, the suicide bomber planned to carry out explosion in the metro, but when on duty at the entrance of law enforcement officers, led device at the lobby of the station. The blast injured more than 40 people. The perpetrators of both tragedies in 2004 and eventually was found, and in 2007 they were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The explosion in the subway in Saint Petersburg
Tecnologica now. #Explosion pic.twitter.com/P7LL8kXpHr
— Nikita Pavlov (@pavlov_plov) 3 APR 2017
Explosive device in the St. Petersburg metro was striking elements, media reported https://t.co/EhEKR3CSTF pic.twitter.com/htfxeuOnMe
— RIA Novosti (@rianru) 3 APR 2017
The power of the explosions were small — 200 and 300 g in a trotyl equivalent, the Source TASS pic.twitter.com/mkto0SeJrD
— Rustem Adagamov (@adagamov) April 3, 2017
The scene of the explosion. Online https://t.co/ooAqgLSM5G pic.twitter.com/iHdWhXi2vy
— Ilya Varlamov (@varlamov) 3 APR 2017
SadovayaSennaya closed#explosion #Peter pic.twitter.com/ZxhTGTLUmw
— dmitriy blinnikov (@discojournalist) 3 APR 2017