Car explosion kills three in Russian city

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(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-11-25 16:53

ST PETERSBURG, Russia - A car exploded in Russia's second city St Petersburg on Tuesday, killing three people and seriously injuring a fourth, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said.

"At 8:55 (0555 GMT) a car containing a grenade exploded. Three people were killed, including a child aged between 2-1/2 and 3 years old," Emergencies Ministry spokesman Andrei Alyabev told Reuters.

The explosion took place near the city's "Udelnaya" metro station. It was not immediately clear if the dead and wounded were inside the car or nearby. The station was not closed after the explosion, Alyabev said. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was in the region around St Petersburg on Tuesday to inspect a new border post with neighbouring Finland.

The ministry declined to comment on any links between his visit and the explosion.