St Petersburg attack: At least 10 dead after Russian metro bomb blasts

[Eirikur]

Apparently it was all fault of NATO which provoked Putin

The last similarly provoked country leader in Europe was Hitler...

[tarbera]

Wow do you guys work for the dailymail ?

[AtW]

More recent the invasion of Crimea and occupation of Eastern Ukraine

Apparently it was all fault of NATO which provoked Putin

The last similarly provoked country leader in Europe was Hitler...

[Eirikur]

Moscow Theatre, before that Putin blown up buildings in 1999 in order to become President

More recent the invasion of Crimea and occupation of Eastern Ukraine

[AtW]

Putin personally and his regime are the main benefactors of terrorist acts - every time it happens they already have a new batch of "laws" designed to suppress remaining freedoms.

[filthy1980]

Moscow Theatre, before that Putin blown up buildings in 1999 in order to become President

I know there were a lot of attacks blamed on Chechen's as a prelude to invading so wouldn't be at all surprising, but I'm guessing this one has a much less conspiratorial roots - albeit the perpetrators could be from the same region

[AtW]

which was the first?

Moscow Theatre / Beslan ?

Moscow Theatre, before that Putin blown up buildings in 1999 in order to become President

[filthy1980]

It wouldn't be Putin's first false flag operation

which was the first?

Moscow Theatre / Beslan ?

[Eirikur]

Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you.

It wouldn't be Putin's first false flag operation

[BrilloPad]

Has anyone claimed responsibility yet?

[shaunbhoy]

What about Putin bombing his own people and get more support to be even more authoritarian?

Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you.

[Eirikur]

Mr Putin said that the cause of the incident still isn't clear, but he had spoken to the heads of the Russian security services

What about Putin bombing his own people and get more support to be even more authoritarian?

[Martin@AS Financial]

Taken from the Independent:

At least 10 people have been killed and 50 more injured in explosions in the St Petersburg metro system.

There were blasts in two metro carriages at two stations, St Petersburg emergency services said.

News agency Interfax cited a source as saying at least one of the blasts was caused by a bomb filled with shrapnel.

Fifty people were injured in the blasts, Andrey Kibitov, the head of the city governor's press service said on Twitter.

Seventeen ambulances are currently treating the injured, Mr Kibitov added.

A Reuters witness saw eight ambulances near the Sennaya Ploshchad metro station while local media reported the nearby Institute of Technology station was also affected.

Russia's Anti-Terrorist Committee confirmed at least 10 people had been killed.

It said an unidentified explosive device went off on a train travelling between two stations.

All metro stations in St Petersburg have been closed, Interfax reported, citing metro staff.

The Life News website, a news outlet with close ties to Russia's security services, showed pictures of blown-out train doors and injured people on the station platform.

Video footage posted on social media shows a train with mangled doors standing at the platform.

Frantic commuters reach out into the doors and windows, trying to see if anyone is there and shout "Call an ambulance!"

Local news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying Russian President Vladimir Putin had been informed of the explosion.

Investigators are looking into a possible terror attack and other theories for the St Petersburg subway blast, Mr Putin said.

“The causes of this event have not been determined yet, so it’s too early to talk about [possible causes]," he said.

"The investigation will show. Certainly, we will consider all variants, common, criminal, first of all, of a terrorist nature."

Mr Putin said that the cause of the incident still isn't clear, but he had spoken to the heads of the Russian security services.

He was visiting the city and was expected to hold talks with the Belarusian president later in the day.

He offered his condolences to the families of those killed in the attack.