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Agence France-Presse

A blast caused by an unidentified explosive device wounded three Tuesday at a military academy in Russia’s northwestern city of St Petersburg, the RIA Novosti state news agency reported, citing the defence ministry.
“An explosion of an unidentified explosive device took place around 1:30pm, in St Petersburg in staff premises of an administrative building at the Mozhaisky academy,” the ministry said in a statement.

It described the device as lacking casing, meaning it was not a military device such as a mortar shell.
Three people received non-life-threatening injuries and were receiving medical treatment, it said.
Initial reports said that four cadets were injured in the blast.
Police had sealed off the area around the academy and cadets and staff were leaving the grounds. Fire engines were also driving out of the gates.
A cadet who gave her name only as Natalya said “We are being evacuated.”
An emergency services official told RIA Novosti that the blast reverberated in a first-floor classroom, causing a staircase to collapse, and around 20 people were trapped.
The academy, one of Russia’s largest, is overseen by the defence ministry and trains officers to serve in air and space defence and other branches of the armed forces.

It is in the centre of St Petersburg, the former imperial capital of Russia that is famous for palaces that are a major draw for tourists.
The blast came as 11 people went on trial at a military court in the city charged with helping to organise a 2017 suicide bombing in the metro that was claimed by a little-known group linked to al-Qaeda.


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Explosion injures three at St Petersburg’s Mozhaisky Academy, Russia’s top military school

An ambulance drives to the Alexander Mozhaysky Military Space Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Russian news agencies are reporting a blast has occurred inside the prestigious Mozhaisky Academy in St. Petersburg which trains officers for missile defense troops. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Military students evacuate from the Alexander Mozhaysky Military Space Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Russian news agencies are reporting a blast has occurred inside the prestigious Mozhaisky Academy in St. Petersburg which trains officers for missile defense troops. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A soldier guards an entrance while cadets leave the Alexander Mozhaisky Military Space Academy in St Petersburg, Russia on April 2, 2019. Photo: AP

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Emergency services told Russian media that the blast caused a staircase to collapse and about 20 people were trapped


Emergency services told Russian media that the blast caused a staircase to collapse and about 20 people were trapped.


Explosion injures three at St Petersburg’s Mozhaisky Academy, Russia’s top military school

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}Emergency services told Russian media that the blast caused a staircase to collapse and about 20 people were trapped

Emergency services told Russian media that the blast caused a staircase to collapse and about 20 people were trapped