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2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing

On 3 April 2017, an explosion took place on the Saint Petersburg Metro between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Nine people were initially reported to have died, and later two more died from their injuries.[6][7][8] At least 45 others were injured in the incident.[9][10][11]

2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
Saint Petersburg Metro station Tekhnologichesky Institut - the explosion occurred in the tunnel between it and Sennaya Ploshchad station.
Location On a Saint Petersburg Metro train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Coordinates 59°54′59″N 30°19′07″E / 59.91639°N 30.31861°E / 59.91639; 30.31861`
Date 3 April 2017 (2017-04-03)
14:40[1] (EEST (UTC +3))
Attack type suspected suicide bombing[2]
Weapon(s) Shrapnel bombs
Deaths 16 (including the bomber)[3]
Injured 51[4][5]

The explosive device was contained in a briefcase. A second explosive device was found and defused on a train at another metro station.[7]

Attacker

Investigators stated on 3 April 2017 that they believed the attack was a suicide bombing and identified a Central Asian as the suspected perpetrator.[12] Some reports identified the suspect as Maxim Arishev, a 22-year-old immigrant from Kazakhstan,[13][14] while others stated the suspect was a 23-year-old native of Kyrgyzstan with Russian citizenship with links to international militant groups. The next day, the suspected perpetrator was named as Akbarzhan Jalilov, a Russian citizen born in Kyrgyzstan.[15] It was the first terrorist attack in the history of the Saint Petersburg Metro system.

2017 Saint Petersburg Metro Bombing Media

  • Blasts Apr2017 on SPb metro map en

References

  1. ↑ "'Мы начали ехать, я увидел взорванный вагон': что писали очевидцы о взрыве в Петербурге" ['We started moving, I saw a blown up train car': what did eyewitnesses write about an explosion in Petersburg]. TASS. ТАСС информационное агентство. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Denis Pinchuk. Eleven killed in suspected suicide bombing on Russian metro train. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast-metro-idUSKBN17519G. Retrieved 2017-04-04. 
  3. ↑ "Скворцова: число жертв теракта в метро Петербурга достигло 14 человек". ТАСС.
  4. ↑ "МЧС Петербурга опубликовало список пострадавших при взрыве в метро". РБК.
  5. ↑ "Списки людей, пострадавших в результате ЧС в Петербургском метрополитене и остающихся в лечебных учреждениях города". 78.mchs.gov.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  6. ↑ MacFarquhar, Neil; Nechepureneko, Ivan. "Explosion in St. Petersburg Metro Kills at Least 10". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Взрыв в метро Санкт-Петербурга: погибли 10 человек" (in ru). BBC Russia. 3 April 2017. http://www.bbc.com/russian/live/news-39478165. Retrieved 3 April 2017. 
  8. ↑ "В петербургской больнице скончались двое пострадавших при взрыве в метро" (in ru). ria.ru. https://ria.ru/incidents/20170403/1491389397.html?utm_source=push&utm_medium=browser_notification&utm_campaign=ria.ru. Retrieved 3 April 2017. 
  9. ↑ "St Petersburg metro explosions kill ten - media". BBC. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "At least 10 people may have been killed by Russia metro blast: TASS". Reuters. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Explosion in St. Petersburg Metro, fatalities confirmed (GRAPHIC IMAGES)". Russia Today. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "St Petersburg Metro explosion: police suspect suicide bombing after at least 11 killed by underground blast". The Telegraph. 3 April 2017. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/saintpetersburg-bombing-casualties-explosion-metro-train/. Retrieved 4 April 2017. 
  13. ↑ "Terror in St. Petersburg metro bomb: 11 dead, 45 injured". TGCOM24 (Mediaset). http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/mondo/terrore-a-san-pietroburgo-bomba-in-metropolitana-11-morti-e-45-feriti_3065026-201702a.shtml. Retrieved 4 April 2017. 
  14. ↑ "Общественный транспорт Петербурга 4 апреля будет работать в особом режиме" (in ru). Fontanka. 4 April 2017. http://www.fontanka.ru/2017/04/04/005/. Retrieved 3 April 2017. 
  15. ↑ "St Petersburg metro bombing suspect 'from Kyrgyzstan'". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 April 2017.



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