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| Explosive device disarmed in St. Petersburg apartment building – city official | Explosive device disarmed in St. Petersburg apartment building – city official |
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| A residential building in St. Petersburg was evacuated after an explosive device was found in one of the apartments, a city official said, adding that the device was later defused and police had made several arrests. | |
| “An explosive device has been located and disarmed,” Konstantin Serov, head of the administration of the district where the device was located, told TASS. | “An explosive device has been located and disarmed,” Konstantin Serov, head of the administration of the district where the device was located, told TASS. |
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| Earlier Russian media reported that a nine-story residential building in St. Petersburg had been evacuated after a suspicious object was found in one of the apartments. | Earlier Russian media reported that a nine-story residential building in St. Petersburg had been evacuated after a suspicious object was found in one of the apartments. |
| All residents of the building were brought to safety and sheltered in a nearby kindergarten, TASS added. | All residents of the building were brought to safety and sheltered in a nearby kindergarten, TASS added. |
| Investigators are still working in the building, Serov added. | Investigators are still working in the building, Serov added. |
| According to Serov, the owners of the apartment were absent when the searches were conducted. The men who were found there will be investigated by police, he added. | According to Serov, the owners of the apartment were absent when the searches were conducted. The men who were found there will be investigated by police, he added. |
| “At about 6am I heard a loud noise on the stairs… Then I saw police taking people out of the apartment next door. Then at about 8 o’clock our building was evacuated,” a local witness told Interfax. | “At about 6am I heard a loud noise on the stairs… Then I saw police taking people out of the apartment next door. Then at about 8 o’clock our building was evacuated,” a local witness told Interfax. |
| When asked for comment by Ruptly, the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee said it could not confirm that the discovered object was indeed an explosive device. It did confirm that operatives are working at the scene. | When asked for comment by Ruptly, the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee said it could not confirm that the discovered object was indeed an explosive device. It did confirm that operatives are working at the scene. |
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| Several people have been detained after an explosive device was found in the building, RIA Novosti reported, citing citing Serov. | Several people have been detained after an explosive device was found in the building, RIA Novosti reported, citing citing Serov. |
| “The danger has past. The device has been defused, the bad guys [sic] have been detained. Investigations are being conducted on the site,” Serov told Interfax, adding that residents can now return to their apartments. | “The danger has past. The device has been defused, the bad guys [sic] have been detained. Investigations are being conducted on the site,” Serov told Interfax, adding that residents can now return to their apartments. |
| St. Petersburg was shaken by a fatal explosion on Monday when an improvised bomb went off in subway train carriage between Tekhnologichesky Institut and Sennaya Ploshchad stations. Another bomb disguised as a fire extinguisher was defused by a bomb squad at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. | St. Petersburg was shaken by a fatal explosion on Monday when an improvised bomb went off in subway train carriage between Tekhnologichesky Institut and Sennaya Ploshchad stations. Another bomb disguised as a fire extinguisher was defused by a bomb squad at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. |
| The suspect was later identified as the 22-year old Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, a Russian citizen of Kyrgyz origin. Russia’s State Investigative Committee is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. | The suspect was later identified as the 22-year old Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, a Russian citizen of Kyrgyz origin. Russia’s State Investigative Committee is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. |