
In St. Petersburg, the Uprising Square metro station was closed for the entrance and exit - the one where an unexploded explosive device was discovered on April 3 terrorist attack. The suspicious subject turned out to be an ownerless box, not a danger, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region reported.
"At about 16:40, an ownerless box was discovered at the wall in the transition from the Mayakovskaya station to the Square of the Uprising Square in St. Petersburg," the police officers examined the owner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, examined the ownerless object, promptly conducted all the necessary verification events, the box was not dangerous. " (Quote for TASS.)
The station was closed at 16:45, as well as the transplant unit to Mayakovskaya. At 17:11, the station was again opened for the entrance and exit of passengers, now both stations are operating in normal mode.
At the Square of the Uprising Square on the day of the attack in the subway, an unexploded bomb was discovered. In the train wagon on the stage between the stations "Technological Institute" and "Sennaya Square", the explosive device was acted by a suicide bomber. 13 people became victims of the attack, more than 50 were injured.