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Death toll rises to 14 in St Petersburg metro blast: health minister

SAINT PETERSBURG: Fourteen people have died as a result of a blast that ripped through a train carriage on the
Published April 4, 2017 Updated April 4, 2017 08:41am

 

"We can state today that 14 people have died,"  Veronika Skvortsova told journalists, adding that 49 people are still hospitalised after the explosion on Monday afternoon. Anti-terror authorities had earlier reported a death toll of 11.

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