Russia: Huge explosion at St Petersburg supermarket leaves Christmas shoppers injured

[TomSea]

With this report, there are no deaths reported as of now.

Huge explosion at St Petersburg supermarket leaves Christmas shoppers injured

Investigators are treating the blast, which happened at one of the busiest times of year, as a deliberate attempt to kill

ByDave Burke

    17:40, 27 DEC 2017Updated17:53, 27 DEC 2017

A huge explosion has rocked a busy supermarket in St Petersburg, leaving at least 10 people injured.

The blast happened in the Perekrestok supermarket in the northeast of the cities, and shoppers fled in panic as emergency crews descended on the scene.

One person is believed to be in a serious condition.

It is thought a device in a storage locker detonated, and authorities are treating the explosion as a deliberate attempt to kill.

Read more at: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-explosion-st-petersburg-shopping-11759063

[dfwgator]

.....and it’s Methodists

[edpc]

Last week, we had shared intel that helped them thwart a terror attack on the cathedral in St Petersburg.  This was probably the backup plan.

[endicom]

"The next upcomming Orthodox Christmas Day is celebrated/ observed on Sunday January 7th, 2018."

 https://calendardate.com/orthodox_christmas_day.htm