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Explosion Hits St. Petersburg Subway

Anton Vaganov / TASS
Anton Vaganov / TASS
Anton Vaganov / TASS
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Alexandr Tarasenkov / TASS
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At least 14 people have died following an explosion on the St. Petersburg Metro.

Russian officials confirmed that one explosion had taken place at the city's Tekhnologicheskiy Institut metro station at approximately 2:30 P.M. local time.

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