St. Petersburg official says 10 dead, 50 hurt after subway explosion

By: The Associated Press

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Andrei Kibitov, spokesman for the St. Petersburg governor, has told Russian television 10 people have been killed and 50 injured in the subway explosion.              

In Moscow, Deputy Mayor Maxim Liksutov told the Interfax news agency that Moscow authorities are tightening security on the subway in the Russian capital.               

The subway’s administration says several stations in the northern Russian city have been closed and that an evacuation is underway Monday afternoon.             

Social media users posted photographs from one subway station in the city center, showing people lying on the floor and a train with a mangled door nearby.              

Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed about the explosion.

Putin is visiting the city Monday and is expected to hold talks with the Belarusian president later in the day.

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