At least 10 dead, 50 injured in Russian train blast

St Petersburg, Russia

AT LEAST 10 people were killed and 50 injured when an explosion tore through a train carriage in the St Petersburg metro system on Monday, Russian authorities said.

Interfax news agency said the blast, which occurred when the train was between two stations, was caused by a bomb filled with shrapnel. Russian security agencies later found another explosive device at another metro station and made it safe, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee said in a statement on Monday.

President Vladimir Putin, who was in the city for a meeting with Belarus's leader, said he was considering all possible causes for the blast, including terrorism. Surveillance cameras in St Petersburg's metro system may have captured images of a suspect. A source said an explosive device may have been left in a briefcase in a metro train carr…