On Monday, an explosion occurred in the St. Petersburg underground on the stretch of rail between the Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut metro stations at around 3 p.m. local time (12:00 GMT). The blast killed at least 14 people, according to Russian Minister of Healthcare Veronika Skvortsova. Forty-nine people were wounded.
Another explosive device was found at another metro station and defused by specialists.
Russia's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation into a suspected terrorist attack.
/Sputnik/
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