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At least 9 people are reported killed and 20 injured in an underground explosion that rocked a Metro train in the city of St Petersburg.The explosion occurred between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut Metro stations.The device was reported to have been filled with shrapnel
Some reports say there were two separate blasts in two carriages, while others say that an IED placed bewteen two carriages caused the explosion. People were evacuated from the stations immediately.
Images and videos posted on social media showed a train carriage with its doors blown out and damage inside. All metro stations in St Petersburg have been closed, Interfax reported, citing metro staff. The blast happened as Russian President Vladimir Putin was meeting with Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko in the city.
President Vladimir Putin said he could not rule out the blast being a terrorist attack and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and those injured. Russian anti-terrorist units neutralised an improvised explosive device (IED).