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Death toll in St. Petersburg metro attack rises to 11, 45 injured- UPDATED-1

Death toll in St. Petersburg metro attack rises to 11, 45 injured- <span style="color: red;">UPDATED-1

03 April 2017 22:10 (UTC +04:00)

Officials have revised the previous fatality count from 10 to 11 after an explosion in a St. Petersburg subway car on Monday. Eight individuals have been added to the list of people with injuries from the attack, the investigating commission said, APA reports quoting sputniknews.

On Monday, a deadly blast in St. Petersburg occurred on the city's subway system, between the Sennaya Square and Teknologichesky Insititue stations.

An investigation was launched under Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code, which is specifically for investigations into terrorist attacks.

"The investigators will probe other potential causes of the attack," Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Sveltana Petrenko said in comments after the scene had been secured.

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19:10

Ten people killed and 47 others were injured in a bomb blast inside a car of the St. Petersburg Metro system, Russia’s Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova announced.

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18:14

A suspected bomb blast inside a car of the St. Petersburg Metro system has killed nine passengers and injured over 20 others, the Russian National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) confirmed, APA reported citing RT.

The entire transit system is shut down as bomb squads and rescuers respond to the emergency. The explosion happened as the train was traveling between the stations Tekhnologichesky Institut and Sennaya Ploshchad of the St. Petersburg Metro, the Committee said in a statement.

“The preliminary casualty report on the St. Petersburg Metro blast is nine people killed and over 20 injured, some of them seriously,” the NAC said. “All the victims are receiving the necessary medical and psychological assistance.”