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Tue, 04/12/2011 - 08:12
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Belarussian TV says Minsk metro explosive device equivalent of 7 kg

MINSK, April 12 (Itar-Tass) - Explosive device that was set off into
action at a crowded downtown station of the Minsk metro Monday night had
an equivalent of 5 kg to 7 kg of the TNT and preliminary data shows it was
planted under a sitting bench on the platform.
In Minsk metro, like in most metropolitan systems across the former
USSR, wooden or plastic benched are installed on platforms so that
passengers might relax a little as they await the arriving trains.
The explosion that ripped through the Oktyabrskaya station at 17:54
East-European Daylight Saving Time left eleven people dead and another
126, wounded.

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