<div><p>*Warning: images may be disturbing to some readers*</p><p>**<strong>Update: The Interfax agency confirmed the explosive device was left in a briefcase. A new total of 39 injured people remain in hospital.**</strong></p><p>Two devastating explosions in the subway system in the Russian city of St. Petersburg are making world news headlines this morning. President Vlademir Putin described it as a "possible terror attack," but says his investigators are looking into possible theories for the subway blast.</p><p>Although little information is known as to who is responsible, eyewitnesses Tweeted about the blasts that took between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. UTC. </p><p>According to<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/saintpetersburg-bombing-casualties-explosion-metro-train/"> The Telegraph</a>, Russia's anti-terrorism committee confirms that 10 people are dead and 30 people have been reported as injured so far. </p><div><figure><a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjr85fkqojTAhUF9IMKHQJgCfEQjB0IBg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2F2017%2F04%2F03%2Fmultiple-injuries-after-huge-explosion-rocks-st-petersburg-metro-6550828%2F&bvm=bv.151325232,d.amc&psig=AFQjCNF2xzmNaiYLq2E-awoCRfzxWmRq3g&ust=1491310464625934" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/pri_35370860-e1491221618629.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/pri_35370860-e1491221618629_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjr85fkqojTAhUF9IMKHQJgCfEQjB0IBg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2F2017%2F04%2F03%2Fmultiple-injuries-after-huge-explosion-rocks-st-petersburg-metro-6550828%2F&bvm=bv.151325232,d.amc&psig=AFQjCNF2xzmNaiYLq2E-awoCRfzxWmRq3g&ust=1491310464625934" target="_blank">Metro News</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>The first explosion occurred at Sennaya Ploshchad metro station at about 1:08 p.m. UTC, followed by a second blast around 2:40 p.m. UTC, on the blue line of the St. Petersburg subway at the Sadovaya station. The second device reportedly exploded in a subway car. </p><p>The device involved in the blasts are believed to have been filled with shrapnel. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/st-petersburg-metro-explosion-multiple-10149487">Mirror</a>, three subway stations have now been closed. Images are now emerging from eyewitness twitter accounts that show bloodied victims lying on the platform and subway car doors blown apart.</p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="848869198558363650"></amp-twitter></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="848865324606914561"></amp-twitter></div><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="848864989096144898"></amp-twitter></div><div><amp-twitter height="472" width="375" layout="responsive" data-tweetid="848867039120896000"></amp-twitter></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p></div>