St. Petersburg metro explosion reportedly kills tenApril 3, 2017 - 16:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At least 10 people have been killed in explosions at underground stations in St. Petersburg, Russian media report. News agencies reported the blasts hit the Sennaya Ploschad and nearby Tekhnologichesky Institut stations in the centre of the city. Images posted on social media showed a carriage in Sennaya station with its doors blown out with casualties nearby, BBC News reports President Vladimir Putin said all causes, including terrorism, were being investigated. The Interfax and RIA news agencies reported that at least 50 people had been injured. Interfax said one of the blasts may have involved a device filled with shrapnel. President Putin was in St Petersburg earlier on Monday, April 3 but is now outside the city, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "I have already spoken to the head of our special services, they are working to ascertain the cause," he said, at a meeting with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Moscow metro officials said they were introducing extra security measures as a result. Tekhnologichesky Institut serves metro lines one and two, with the first hall opening in 1955, followed by the second in 1961. Sennaya Ploschad - the next station along metro line two - opened two years later, in 1963. Photo: Страница «ДТП и ЧП | Санкт-Петербург» во «ВКонтакте» Related links: Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. |