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    Putin is supposed to be in St Petersburg where possibly two bombs has just gone off in the Metro. There appears to be many people injured and potentially killed passengers......

    Strelna is St.Petersburg suburb, Putin at summit 16kms to explosion site


    BREAKING: Casualties are reported after an explosion on a train on the Metro in #SaintPetersburg
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...-metro-train/#

    BREAKING: At least 10 dead in explosion in underground station in Russian city of St Petersburg more than 50 wounded being also reported

    Some of those injured in today's explosions in the St. Petersburg subway are reportedly children.

    Footage from St. Petersburg subway explosion. YouTube uploader openly calls it a terrorist attack.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...v=aV5rQyqdAn8#

    Signs that devices were filled with shrapnel.

    Another St.Petersburg station was closed "due suspicious package" 10 mins before
    https://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2017...rg-was-closed#
    pic.twitter.com/842kH8TfAu

    So three stations targeted, two of them major hubs

    One alleged ISIS cell, supposedly all Central Asians, was said to be planning attacks on Moscow/St. Petersburg
    http://www.interfax.ru/russia/547764
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    Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 04-03-2017 at 01:20 PM.

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