Sennaya Ploshchad

President Erdoğan condemns 'horrific' metro attack in St Petersburg

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sent his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, a message condemning the deadly metro blast in St. Petersburg on April 3, a presidential source said April 4.      

In the message sent on April 3, Erdoğan condemned the "horrific" attack which claimed at least 14 lives and injured dozens, the source said.

Subway Station in St. Petersburg Closed After New Bomb Threat

Russian emergency officials say they have closed a subway station in St. Petersburg following a bomb threa, reported ABC News.

The press office of the local emergency situations ministry said on Tuesday they received a call about a bomb at the Sennaya Square station.

An explosion on a moving train near the same station killed 14 people on Monday and wounded dozens.

Blast in St Petersburg metro station kills at least 9, injures 20

At least nine people were killed and 20 injured when an explosion tore through a train carriage in the St. Petersburg metro system on April 3, the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee said, according to Reuters. 

Interfax news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying the blast, which occurred when the train was between two stations, was caused by a bomb filled with shrapnel.

Breaking: 10 killed, many injured in St. Petersurg explosion (photos-video)

At least 10 people are reported killed and 50 injured in an underground explosion in a station in the city of St Petersburg, Russian media report. Reports says there were two separate blasts in two carriages. People were evacuated from the stations immediately.
The Tass and Interfax agencies reported a blast at the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, which left a number of victims.