In Pictures: St Petersburg metro blast
At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday after an explosion rocked the metro system in Russia’s second largest city St Petersburg, and the authorities are not ruling out a terror attack. The blast happened in a train carriage between the stations Technological Institute and Sennaya Square.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin placing flowers in memory of victims of the blast in the St Petersburg metro outside Technological Institute station, on April 3, 2017.
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Flowers are pictured in front of the Spasskaya metro station in St Petersburg, Russia, on April 3, 2017.
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A woman laying flowers in memory of victims of the blast in the St Petersburg metro at a memorial stone reading Leningrad by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, on April 3, 2017.
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Security personnel checking passengers at the entrance to Leningradsky railway station in Moscow, on April 3, 2017.
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Police officers guarding the entrance to Sennaya Square metro station in St Petersburg, on April 3, 2017.
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People reacting outside Technological Institute metro station in St Petersburg, on April 3, 2017.
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A picture showing the damaged train carriage at Technological Institute metro station in St Petersburg, on April 3, 2017.
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Emergency personnel tend to an injured boy after an explosion at a St Petersburg metro station on April 3, 2017.
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Emergency vehicles and a helicopter are seen at the entrance to the Technological Institute metro station in St Petersburg on April 3, 2017.
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An injured woman is helped by emergency services officers outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station on April 3, 2017.
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An injured person is helped by emergency services officers outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station on April 3, 2017.
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An injured person is helped by emergency services officers outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station in St Petersburg.
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Emergency services officers direct pedestrians outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station in St Petersburg.
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Police officers guard the area at the entrance to the Technological Institute metro station in St Petersburg on April 3, 2017.
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Emergency services personnel help relocate an injured person outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station in St Petersburg.
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An injured person stands outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station in St Petersburg.
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A general view of emergency services attending the scene outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station.
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Emergency services personnel attending the scene outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station.
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Emergency services personnel and vehicles are seen at the entrance to the Technological Institute metro station.
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Emergency services attending the scene outside the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station.
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Emergency services personnel and vehicles are seen at the entrance to the Technological Institute metro station.
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