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MNA International Desk: About eleven people were killed and dozens more injured as an explosion shocked the Saint Petersburg metro Monday, with the Kremlin saying it bore “all the hallmarks of an attack.”
Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was probing an “act of terror” but added it would look into all other possible causes of the blast.
However, the authorities shut down metro system in Russia’s second city for several hours as security services said they had also defused a bomb at a second metro station.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which comes after the Islamic State group called for attacks on Russia in retribution for its military intervention in Syria fighting against the jihadists.
As the city prepared to mark three days of mourning, President Vladimir Putin placed a bouquet of red flowers at the entrance to the station in the late evening hours, after chairing a meeting of officials from the FSB intelligence agency, rescuers and the interior ministry.
