Abuja (Sundiata Post) — An explosion rocked a subway station in the center of St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, killing about 10 people, Interfax said, citing unidentified law enforcement sources.
A improvised bomb filled with shrapnel detonated inside a train in the Sennaya Ploshchad station around mid-afternoon, Interfax reported.
Footage shown on television from the scene showed the door of the train carriage torn open, with bloodied and dazed passengers lying on the platform as smoke poured out.
There were some reports of a second explosion at a neighboring station but they could not be immediately confirmed.
Local prosecutors issued a statement confirming one blast, but without indicating the number of casualties.
Russia suffered a number of deadly terrorist attacks in the early part of this century, but they have become less frequent in recent years, especially in major cities.
In 2010, Moscow’s subway was targeted by suicide bombers that killed 40 people in coordinated attacks.