Death Toll Rises to 14 in St Petersburg Metro Blast Carried out by Akbarjon Djalilov

Fourteen people have died as a result of a blast that ripped through a train carriage on the Saint Petersburg metro, Russia’s health minister said Tuesday. “We can state today that 14 people have died,”  Veronika Skvortsova told journalists, adding that 49 people are still hospitalised after the explosion on ...

Putin Honouring Memory of St Petersburg Metro Victims

Suicide Bomber behind Metro Attack: Russia

Russia’s Investigative Committee said Tuesday that they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the attack in the Saint Petersburg metro Monday that killed 14 people and injured dozens. Investigators said in a statement that “it has been established that the explosive device could have been activated by a man whose ...

Iran Expresses Solidarity with Russia after St. Petersburg Metro Attack

Iran expressed solidarity with Russia on Tuesday, a day after a terrorist attack claimed lives of 11 people in St. Petersburg metro. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi denounced the terrorist attack on Monday, saying that creating insecurity and massacre of innocent people is the most contemptuous act to achieve ...

Kazakhstan Jointly Probes St. Petersburg Metro Blast With Russia

Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee (NSC) is working with the Russian Federal Security Service to investigate the deadly St. Petersburg metro explosions, the NSC deputy chair said Tuesday. “We have been actively involved in the work since receiving the message on the act of terrorism. Colleagues from the FSB got in touch a couple of hours later,” NSC Deputy Chairman ...

Trump Pledges ‘Full Support’ to Putin over Russia Metro Attack

US President Donald Trump spoke Monday with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and pledged Washington’s “full support” for Moscow’s response to the deadly attack on the Saint Petersburg metro, the White House said. Trump expressed his condolences and condemned the attack, which killed 11 people and left dozens wounded. Russian authorities ...

Hezbollah Stresses Standing by Russia: Blast Will Fail to Derail Its Counterterrorism Efforts

Hezbollah condemned on Monday the terrorist blast which targeted the metro system in the Russian city of St. Petersburg and claimed dozens of innocent civilians, offering condolences to the Russian leadership, the victims’ families and all the Russians on the painful incident. In a statement, Hezbollah considered that the blast ...

Putin: Terrorism among Causes Considered for St. Petersburg Metro Blast

All possible causes for the explosion in the St. Petersburg Metro are being considered, including those linked to terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “The causes of this event have not been determined yet, so it’s too early to talk about [possible causes]. The investigation will show. Certainly, we will ...