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Indian president condoles loss of lives in terror attack on Russia's St Petersburg Metro

Xinhua, April 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the deadly terror attack on Russia's St Petersburg Metro.

"Shocked & saddened by news of terror blast in St Petersburg; my deepest condolences to bereaved families, people & government of Russia," President Mukherjee tweeted.

As many as 14 people were killed and 49 others injured in the explosion on a Metro train between two underground stations in St Petersburg Monday which was termed as a terror attack.

The bombing suspect has been identified as a native of Kyrgyzstan, with the Kyrgyz security service naming him as Akbarzhon Jalilov.

However, there are conflicting reports as to whether he was a suicide bomber. Endit