Putin calls St. Petersburg explosion terrorist attack

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared the attack in St Petersburg on Wednesday was a terrorist attack, Express.co.uk reported. 

Putin was speaking at an awards ceremony in the Kremlin for Russian military servicemen and women who served in Syria.

He said to the audience: "You know that yesterday in St Petersburg a terrorist act was carried out.

"And that recently the Federal Security Service prevented another attempted terrorist act."

There were 13 people injured when an improvised explosive deice went off in a busy supermarket. Five of the eight victims are in hospital with serious injuries.

The explosion was caused by a homemade explosive device filled with lethal fragments.

The attack took place in Russia’s second-largest city and the site of a deadly train bombing this year.

According to Russia’s investigative committee, a device containing 200 grams of explosives went off in a storage area for customers’ bags.

In April a suicide combing in St Petersburg subway killed16 people and wounded 50.