Putin Says Terror Considered 'First Of All' As Motive Behind Metro Explosions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the blasts on the St Petersburg Metro that killed at least 10 people could be a terror attack.

The Russian government is trying to establish the cause of the blasts and a terror attack would be considered 'first of all', he said in a statement.

"The causes of this event have not been determined yet, so it's too early to talk about [possible causes]," President Putin said. "The investigation will show. Certainly, we will consider all variants, common, criminal, first of all, of a terrorist nature."

President Putin was visiting St Petersburg, as deadly explosions injured scores of people and left almost a dozen dead.

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

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

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Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee said 'several' people were killed and injured after an unidentified explosive device went off on a train that was travelling between two stations.

The committee confirmed that the metro is now 'basically' fully evacuated.

The explosion happened between the Sennaya Ploshchad station and Tekhnologichesky Institut at around 2:40pm local time.

Source: The Independent, Russia Today and BBC

Featured Image Credit: PA Images

Topics: terror, vladimir putin, Russia

James Dawson

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