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Russia: 14 Killed in Bombing in St. Petersburg Metro Station

HeadlineApr 04, 2017

In Russia, authorities say at least 14 people were killed, and dozens more wounded, in a bombing on a metro station in St. Petersburg Monday. Kyrgyz authorities identified the attacker as 22-year-old Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, who was born in Kyrgyzstan and had Russian citizenship. Authorities say a second bomb, which was disguised as a fire extinguisher, was placed at another station but was disarmed before it exploded. St. Petersburg residents gathered Monday to mourn the victims of the blast and call for peace.

Arsen Bogdanov: “I really hope that such events will help all of us, not only people in Russia, but around the whole world, to understand that we should remain human, to encourage humanity inside ourselves, not being animalistic and not to treat each other like wild animals.”

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