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Added on the 02/04/2019 10:40:33 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
At least 10 people were reportedly killed when a bomb exploded inside the Technology Institute metro station in the center of Saint Petersburg, Russia on Monday. Emergency services gathering on the platform 20 minutes after the blast struck the train as it had pulled into the station. The Saint Petersburg Metro have closed all subway stations in the wake of the incident.
An explosion has rocked the metro system in Russia's second city Saint Petersburg. IMAGES
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and defence enter the courtroom in the trial of the Trebes and Carcassonne attacks for the closing arguments of the French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office. Seven people are on trial in Paris over their connection to an Islamic State group follower who in 2018 killed four people in southern France. IMAGES
A Russian pensioner named Gennadii Valyaev drove his SsangYong Actyon SUV off the streets of Saint Petersburg and down into one of the city’s metro entrances on Wednesday, apparently just to "see if it would fit." A smiling Valyaev cranked up his music to make the most of the acoustics in the underpass while commuters snapped photos of the ridiculous situation. Emergency workers have removed the offending vehicle and the Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation.
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti meets with prison guards' unions the day after two prison officers were killed in an attack on a prison van at a toll booth in Normandy. The unions are calling for "a drastic reduction in prison transport by promoting the use of videoconferencing by judges or their travel to prisons." IMAGES