Putin called the explosion in the store of St. Petersburg terrorist attack. VIDEO

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President Vladimir Putin announced that the December 27 terrorist attack occurred in St. Petersburg. He told about this at the ceremony of awarding the military, who distinguished themselves during the special operation in Syria, writes Meduza.

“You know that yesterday a terrorist act was committed in St. Petersburg,” Putin told the crowd. At the same time, the case after the explosion in St. Petersburg was officially initiated under the article on attempted murder.

Putin added that he had instructed the FSB to “act strictly within the law” while detaining alleged terrorists. But he noted that when there is a threat to the lives of law enforcement officers, the militants must be “eliminated”.

December 27 evening at the Perekrestok supermarket on Kondratyevsky Avenue in St. Petersburg happened explosion. According to preliminary data, an improvised device, filled with striking elements, which was in the cell of the storage chamber, exploded.

13 people suffered from the explosion, five of them are in a state of moderate severity. After the explosion, the Investigative Committee opened a case under the article on attempted murder of two or more persons. On the motives of the attempt in the investigative committee did not report.

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