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At least 11 persons have been killed in explosions (by a device) at underground stations in St Petersburg, Russia.

It is reported the blasts hit the Sennaya Ploschad and nearby Tekhnologichesky Institute stations in the centre of the city.

Images posted on social media showed a badly-mangled carriage in Sennaya station, with casualties nearby.

President Vladimir Putin said all causes, including terrorism, were being investigated.

The Interfax and RIA news agencies also reported that at least 50 people had been injured, and that a number of children were among those hurt.

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.
Casualties

The entire St Petersburg underground network has now been shut down, and Moscow metro officials said they were introducing extra security measures as a result.

Tekhnologichesky Institute 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.

The attack was later claimed by an Islamist group Russian Media Reports.

In addition, the second device was found and disarmed.

Updating: Tuesday

It has been confirmed that the suicide bomber suspected to be Russian citizen.
The 22 years old is from Kyrgyzstan

Source: CNN