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| Three dead in Russian car blast | Three dead in Russian car blast |
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| Three people have been killed and at least one more injured after a car blew up in the northern Russian city of St Petersburg, officials say. | Three people have been killed and at least one more injured after a car blew up in the northern Russian city of St Petersburg, officials say. |
| They say the explosion happened at about 0855 local time (0555 GMT) near an underground station. | They say the explosion happened at about 0855 local time (0555 GMT) near an underground station. |
| All the victims, one of whom was a toddler, were travelling in the car. | All the victims, one of whom was a toddler, were travelling in the car. |
| Officials say the blast, in Russia's second largest city, could have been caused by a hand grenade. A police investigation is now under way. | Officials say the blast, in Russia's second largest city, could have been caused by a hand grenade. A police investigation is now under way. |
| The explosion happened near the city's Udelnaya underground station. | |
| "At 0855 a car containing a grenade exploded. Three people were killed, including a child," Russia's emergencies ministry spokesman Andrei Alyabev told Reuters. | |
| He added that the station was not closed after the explosion. | |
| The blast happened as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was in the St Petersburg region to inspect a border post with neighbouring Finland. | |
| Officials have not commented on whether there are any links between Mr Putin's visit and the blast. |