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No information about injured Bulgarians in St. Petersburg metro explosion

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Currently there is no information about Bulgarians injured in the St. Petersburg metro explosion, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has announced. Authorities are ready to provide assistance if necessary, Svetlozar Panov of the Consulate in the city told the BNR. A hotline is already active for information about Bulgarian citizens who were in the area of ​​the explosion. Media have reported that according to preliminary data, ten people were killed in the explosion in the metro and 50 were injured.



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