At least 10 people have been killed in explosions at underground stations in St Petersburg, Russian media report.

Death toll in St. Petersburg Metro attack rises to 11, 45 injured.

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19:47

Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said there were 47 victims of the blast and put the number of fatalities at 10. She said that the six people being treated in St. Petersburg hospitals for injuries remain in critical condition.

The minister added that among the victims was a 15-year-old girl, who has burns and a head injury.

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17 :07

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.

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 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.

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16:01
Several Russian media reports say there has been a blast in the St. Petersburg subway system.

A twin blast has hit the Saint Petersburg metro on Monday.

The reported blasts occurred at the "Sennaya Ploschad [square]" and "Tekhnologichesky Institute" stations. At least 10 people were killed. Sennaya Ploschad is engulfed by smoke. Emergency services have been sent to the scene.



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16:01

State-run news agency RIA Novosti and other media outlets quoted eyewitnesses as saying there were casualties.

There was no immediate statement from officials.

Pictures, showing thick smoke and a damaged train car in St Petersburg Metro have emerged online. Witnesses say that a blast has taken place. There are reports of casualties.







A blast has hit Saint Petersburg metro on Monday.

/Sputnik/

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