2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
| 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing | |
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Memorial of flowers at the metro station Tekhnologichesky Institut after terrorist attack
2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing (Central Saint Petersburg) 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing (European Russia) | |
| Location | On a Saint Petersburg Metro train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Coordinates | 59°54′59″N 30°19′07″E / 59.91639°N 30.31861°E |
| Date | 3 April 2017 14:40 (FET (UTC +3)) |
| Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Weapons | Nail bomb |
| Deaths | 16 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 64 |
| Perpetrator | Imam Shamil Battalion |
| Assailants | Akbarzhon Jalilov |
| Motive | Islamic terrorism in Europe |
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On 3 April 2017, a terrorist attack using an explosive device took place on the Saint Petersburg Metro between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Eleven people (including the perpetrator) were initially reported to have died, and five more died later from their injuries, bringing the total to 15.
At least 45 others were injured in the incident. The explosive device was contained in a briefcase. A second explosive device was found and defused at Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station. The suspected perpetrator was named as Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian citizen who was an ethnic Uzbek born in Kyrgyzstan.