RT - Russia Today | Dec 28, 2017 CET | Putin: Wednesday’s blast in St. Petersburg store a terrorist attack | Blogger: We're becoming 'numb' to terrorism. That might be a good thing!?. Terrorists are getting worse at the one thing they seek to do: ""TERRIFY PEOPLE"". Whether it’s 9/11 or the 2015 attack in Paris, Nice or the 2017 subway attack in London or the most recent attacks in New York City, Las Vegas Shooting and now, St. Petersburg, the goal is always to create an omnipresent sense of danger.. Whether you like it or not - 🏴‍☠️Fake Terror🏴‍☠️ - the Road to War and Dictatorship. It's the oldest trick in the book, dating back to Roman times; creating the enemies you need.. "you can take that to the bank!"... |

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A total of thirteen people were injured in Wednesday’s explosion in a storage locker at a busy St. Petersburg supermarket in the northeast of Russia, according to the city’s deputy governor Anna Mityanina. The earlier-reported figure of ten injuries proved to be an underestimate.

The condition of five of the eight victims remaining in hospital is of intermediate severity, the rest are in a satisfactory condition. The explosion, equivalent to 200 grams of TNT, was caused by a homemade explosive device filled with lethal fragments. An investigation is currently underway.

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