What happened near the Technological Institute station immediately after the attack

On April 3, in the metro of St. Petersburg, at about 14:40, an explosive device worked on a train that was traveling from the Sennaya Square station to the Technological Institute. By 21:00 Moscow time, 10 dead and more than 20 victims are known. The police and rescuers blocked a significant part of the city center, here all the second half of the day rescue work continued. "Medusa" tells what happened at the scene.

“Citizens! According to the decision of the metro, the metro is closed, ”the loudspeaker broadcasts without a stop near the entrance to the metro station“ Technological Institute ”. There are no people on the cordoned square - and therefore the sounds from the loudspeaker are returning echoing. The station "Technological Institute" is located at the intersection of Moscow and Zagorodny Prospekt and 1st Krasnoarmeyskaya Street; All three streets are blocked. Cars are unfolded about 300 meters from the metro. Only public transport is allowed to drive.

But the sidewalks at the Technological Institute are full of people. Passers -by stopping for a long time to see what is happening. Here and there, journalists say to the television cameras. Nobody is allowed to the metro: the approach to the task on all sides is fenced with a red and white ribbon. Along the perimeter, somewhere, somewhere in groups there are police officers. Despite the complete lack of traffic, they scold passers -by walking through the streets to the red light. Police refuse any conversation. “All questions for the press service,” they say.

Everywhere police and fire engines, countless ambulance cars, the Emergencies Ministry and the gas service. At the very entrance to the station, two yellow resuscitation are parked. Nearby are firefighters in overalls and helmets, military and subway workers. The latter is especially a lot.

The city authorities announced that public transport will work all day for free. In addition, the money stopped levying for travel by car along the western high -speed diameter - the most important highway connecting the city center and outskirts. The largest taxi services - Uber, Taxavichkof and Yandex.Taxi - announced that they would carry passengers for free. However, many ordinary taxi drivers, on the contrary, raised the price by 30-40%.

If you wrap the technological institute from the metro on the suburban avenue, you can see that the walls of houses located on the left side of the street were fenced with a ribbon. The victims were carried here. On the ground, blood spots, they were quickly removed.

The victims of the explosion were promptly taken away by ambulance and helicopters. According to the Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko, who arrived at the scene of the explosion and talked for several minutes with journalists who suffered about 20 people.

“There was a cotton. The explosion of an unidentified device, as a result of which more than 20 people were injured, ”said the governor. - About 10 people died. At this difficult moment, we all must support those who have lost their relatives and friends. I ask all the Petersburgers and guests of our city to be vigilant, attentive and careful, with all responsibility to treat what is happening. ”

The Sennaya Square metro station, from where the train came from, was one of the first. In the afternoon, the entire metro was closed for several hours, only late in the evening he partially resumed the work. A spontaneous action began: citizens carried flowers to the “Spasskaya” station closest from the “Sennaya Square”. At 18:30, the first flowers and soft toys appeared at the "Hay Square"; At eight in the evening - at the Technological Institute.

Artem Alexandrov, St. Petersburg