SAINT PETERSBURG: An explosion hit the metro system of Russia's second city Saint Petersburg on Monday, the firm running it said, after an unidentified object blew up in a train.

"An evacuation from the stations is ongoing, there are people injured," the Saint Petersburg metro said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies. "An unidentified object supposedly blew up in a (train) carriage." AFP

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