Three killed in St Petersburg blast

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SAINT PETERSBURG: Three people were killed on Tuesday when a car blew up close to a metro station in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg, local officials said.

"A car exploded near the metro station Udelnaya at 0855 am (0555 GMT)," Andrey Alybayev, spokesman for the local branch of the emergencies ministry said.

"Three people were killed, including a three year old child."

He added that the explosion could have been caused by a "grenade," without giving further details.

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