9 maut dalam letupan di stesen kereta api St Petersburg
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Sekurang-kurangnya 10 orang maut dalam dua letupan yang berlaku di stesen metro di St Petersburg, hari ini.
MOSCOW:: Sekurang-kurangnya sembilan orang maut dalam dua letupan yang berlaku di dua gerabak kereta api bawah tanah di St Petersburg, hari ini.
Menurut Servis Kecemasan di Rusia, letupan tersebut turut mengakibatkan beberapa lagi individu cedera.
Portal Life News berkongsi rakaman gambar kejadian di mana pintu keretapi dilihat meletup dan menyebabkan beberapa penumpang terlantar di platform.
St. Petersburg Metro blast LIVE UPDATES
Published time: 3 Apr, 2017 12:20
Edited time: 3 Apr, 2017 13:02
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An explosion has taken place in the St. Petersburg Metro, the subway’s press service has confirmed. Pictures of thick smoke and a damaged train car have emerged on social media.
03 April 2017
15:39 GMT
The defused bomb found in a bag left at the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station contained destructive agents, the St. Petersburg Federal Security Service Directorate said.
“The device was defused by specialists in time, there are no victims,” the service said in a statement.
A photo reportedly showing a defused explosive device at the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station emerged online.
15:23 GMT
Security has been tightened at education facilities in St. Petersburg, the city’s education committee said.
“The [education] committee has decided to step up security measures due to what happened at the metro,” the committee said in a statement, according to TASS.
15:21 GMT
Chief Mufti of Moscow and Central Russia Albir Krganov has expressed his condolences to the relatives of the people who died in the accident. He called on Russians to be strong, patient, and united, according to RIA Novosti.
“If a terrorist-related version is confirmed, the orchestrators of such inhumane acts are waiting for chaos, fear and split in society, and we should meet them with unity in our civil society, patience and a response from law enforcement officials to find the masterminds behind those acts,” the mufti said.
15:10 GMT
Seven people were killed on the spot, one died on the way to the hospital, and two died in the hospital of mine explosion type injuries and serious skin burns, Skvortsova said. Six of the injured are in serious condition, she added.
15:08 GMT
15:00 GMT
Ten people died and 37 were injured in the explosion, Russian Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova said. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said earlier that nine people died. Two of the victims died of injuries sustained in the explosion, including severe burns, Skvortsova also said.
14:59 GMT
People in Moscow are bringing flowers and candles to the St. Petersburg city office, to pay tribute to the people who died in the blast. Tomorrow anyone will be able to express their condolences in a so-called Memory Book, the office press service said, according to TASS.
14:40 GMT
Another witness, Maksim Vlasov, was on his way down to Tekhnologichesky Institut station when he “found out that there’s a lot of smoke inside.”
“While we tried to get out, some said they were right in front of the blast and that people were injured; some people are dead,” Vlasov told RT.
When he got out of the station, he saw that there were around 50 police and rescue vehicles at the scene already, he recalled.
03 April 2017
14:22 GMT
A self-made explosive device has been defused at another St. Petersburg Metro station – Ploshchad Vosstaniya, Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said.
14:21 GMT
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has ordered security to be stepped up in the Moscow Metro, the Moscow Central Ring and intercity trains, the Moscow Transport service tweeted. Three trains of the Moscow Central Ring have been evacuated after an unidentified object was located. Experts are currently investigating, a source told RIA Novosti.
14:21 GMT
At least nine people were killed and more than 20 injured in a blast in St. Petersburg on Monday, Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK) said. "According to preliminary data, at least nine people were killed, and over 20 people were injured, some of them gravely."
Letupan Di Stesen Kereta Api Rusia: Sekurang-kurangnya 10 Orang Maut Di Tempat K
Sekurang-kurangnya 10 orang terbunuh manakala berpuluh-puluh lagi dipercayai cedera dalam insiden letupan membabitkan dua bahagian gerabak kereta api di stesen metro Sennaya Ploshchad yang bertempat di St. Petersburg, Rusia pada Isnin.
Memetik laporan Reuters, bom berkenaan diletupkan di dalam kereta api yang melalui stesen dan dipercayai salah satu letupan itu berpunca daripada bom buatan sendiri.
Dua letupan di lokasi berbeza termasuk di stesen Sennaya Ploshchad, mengakibatkan sekurang-kurangnya 50 orang termasuk kanak-kanak cedera.
Letupan pertama dikatakan berlaku di Sennaya Ploshchad diikuti letupan kedua di stesen Sadovaya pada pukul 2.50 petang waktu tempatan.
Orang ramai dilihat bertempiaran lari ketika kawasan ber-kenaan dipenuhi asap selepas letupan berlaku.
Ekoran insiden ini, pihak berkuasa St. Petersburg menutup semua stesen metro di bandar itu buat sementara waktu.
Presiden Rusia, Vladimir Putin yang kebetulan berada di bandar ini untuk bertemu pemimpin Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko memberitahu, punca letupan masih belum dapat dikenal pasti dan siasatan lanjut sedang dijalankan ketika ini.
Beliau tidak menolak semua kemungkinan termasuk insiden tersebut dilakukan oleh kumpulan pengganas.
Sementara itu, wakil Reuters yang berada di tempat kejadian memaklumkan, terdapat lapan buah ambulans berhampiran stesen tersebut.
Rakaman video juga menunjukkan beberapa mangsa yang cedera terbaring di atas platform dengan sebahagian daripada mereka dirawat oleh pasukan perkhidmatan kecemasan.- CARI