Lighter from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and two in the morning in St Petersburg where an explosion on the metro in the russian city has killed 11 people and injured at least 15 more. The blast coincided with a visit by President Putin to the city. The Prime Minister has condemned the incident as a Terrorist Attack but other possible causes are being investigated. The explosion happened ina train investigated. The explosion happened in a train travelling between the Technology Institute stations. Another device was found and made safe at a nearby station. We have this report. A woman is shouting, are there any children . A Train Carriage torn to shreds and a desperate effort to pull people from the wreckage. From the safety of a passing train, a hint of the devastation it is leaving behind. At least ten passengers were killed today and dozens more wounded. The blast occurred in the
To clear their debt. Its five oclock, our top story is that at least nine people are dead, after an explosion on the St Petersburg metro. Another 50 have been injured, according to russias National Anti terrorist committee, which also said a second device had been found and made safe. Officials said there was a single blast between two underground trains in St Petersburg, where the metro system remains shut down. President Vladimir Putin, who was in St Petersburg for a meeting with the leader of belarus, said the cause of the blast was unclear, but the russian Prime Minister Dymitry Medvedyev has now claimed it was a Terror Attack. Richard galpin reports. In the immediate aftermath, passengers turned to the dead and injured who have been laid out on the station platform. While others mill around the scene, smoke from the blast hanging above them. Its reported the explosion happened as the train was travelling between two stations. And this is the damage it caused at 2 40pm local time t
In the hour on bbc news. A vote of confidence, mark sampson names his england squad for the euros, three and half months before the start of the tournament. A very good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. An explosion on the Underground System in St Petersburg is reported to have killed ten people and injured as many as 50 more. The explosion happened in the early afternoon local time, and hit a train that was travelling between two stations. Russias National Anti terrorist Committee Said an explosive device at a third station was later found and made safe. The russian Prime Minister called the metro blast an Act Of Terror, and President Putin said all scenarios were being investigated. Heres our correspondent sarah rainsford. Are there any children, a woman shouts, as passengers rushed to the wreckage of a train. The blast was just down the line. This is the immediate scene of panic. Mobile phone footage from another passing train shows victims still lying on the platform. It
In an explosion on the Underground System in St Petersburg. The explosion happened between two stations Sennaya Plos Chad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Domi tilla sagra moso, lecturer in security and development domitilla sagramoso, lecturer in security and development at Kings College london, talked to me about who might be behind these attacks. Of course it is a bit early, but we can think of potential groups or individuals who could be behind these attacks. The first who come to mind are of course, fighters, jihadists from the north caucasus. They have been running a very long insurgency, a jihadist insurgency against local authorities and the russian state for over a decade. Although they have been severely weakened we cannot exclude that they might be involved in some form of attack. Many of those leaders in these insurgencies throughout the region have sworn allegiance to assess, and many to isis. Many have moved to fight with Islamic State and other groups in iraq. The
In an explosion on the Underground System in St Petersburg. The explosion happened between two stations Sennaya Plos Chad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Domi tilla sagra moso, lecturer in security and development domitilla sagramoso, lecturer in security and development at Kings College london, talked to me about who might be behind these attacks. Of course it is a bit early, but we can think of potential groups or individuals who could be behind these attacks. The first who come to mind are of course, fighters, jihadists from the north caucasus. They have been running a very long insurgency, a jihadist insurgency against local authorities and the russian state for over a decade. Although they have been severely weakened we cannot exclude that they might be involved in some form of attack. Many of those leaders in these insurgencies throughout the region have sworn allegiance to assess, and many to isis. Many have moved to fight with Islamic State and other groups in iraq. The