St. Petersburg explosion: Putin says blast was terror attack
Firefighters outside a Perekrestok supermarket in St. Petersburg where an explosion injured 10 people.
Moscow (CNN)More
than a dozen people were injured in an explosion at a St. Petersburg
supermarket Wednesday, according to Russian state media.
President
Vladimir Putin called the blast a "terror attack" during an address to
military officers Thursday in Moscow, calling for a full investigation.
Preliminary
data shows that an explosive device found at the scene contained 200
grams (7 ounces) of TNT, state-run RIA news agency reported. The device
was inside a locker at a chain supermarket called Perekrestok, located
in an entertainment complex.
Firefighters respond to the blast at the Perekrestok supermarket in Kalinina Square.
Tass reported that the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal investigation into the explosion, citing Svetlana Petrenko, an official representative for the committee.
The
city has been a target for at least one other explosion this year.
Fourteen people were killed and dozens more were injured on April 3 when
a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the city's metro system.
The
April explosion, which has been linked to terrorism, occurred on a
passenger train traveling through a tunnel in the center of the city.
