Russian emergency officials say they have closed a subway station in St. Petersburg following a bomb threat.
The press office of the local emergency situations ministry said on Tuesday they received a call about a bomb at the Sennaya Square station.
An explosion on a moving train near the same station killed 14 people on Monday and wounded dozens.
Fire engines and ambulances were seen parked on the square outside the security cordon on Sennaya Tuesday morning.
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Russia’s health minister has raised the death toll from Monday’s blast on the St. Petersburg subway to 14.
Veronika Skvortsova said in a televised briefing on Tuesday that 11 people died on the spot, one died in an ambulance and two at the hospital. Forty-nine people are still hospitalized, Skvortsova said.
An unidentified explosive device went off in a subway train under Russia’s second-largest city while President Vladimir Putin was visiting the city. A second bomb was found and deactivated. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Source: The Latest: Subway station closed after new bomb threat
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