At least 10 people reported dead after explosion in St. Petersburg metro

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Russian Special Forces Police St. Petersburg Russia

REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

Russian special forces police control access on a platform where a train which Greenpeace says is transporting 30 people who were arrested over a protest at the Prirazlomnaya oil rig arrived at the Ladogsky railway station in St. Petersburg November 12, 2013.

An explosion in a metro station in St Petersburg on Monday has reportedly killed several people.

Ten people have been confirmed dead so far, according to Oliver Carroll, managing editor of The Moscow Times.

Various websites have pictures of blown-out train doors and injured people on the station platform.

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