President Erdoğan condemns ‘horrific' metro attack in St Petersburg
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sent his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, a message
condemning the deadly metro blast in St. Petersburg on April 3, a presidential
source said April 4.
In the message sent on April 3, Erdoğan
condemned the “horrific” attack which claimed at least 14 lives and injured
dozens, the source said.
“I would like to express that Turkey, a country
which has struggled with terrorism for many years, stands by Russia against this treacherous terror attack,” Erdoğan
said in his message.
The president also conveyed his condolences to
the Russian people and to the
families of the victims and wished a “speedy” recovery to the injured.
According to Russia's National Anti-Terrorism
Committee, the April 3 blast tore through a train at 2.40 p.m. local time
(1140GMT) as it was traveling between the Sennaya Ploshchad and Technological
Institute stations.
The Russian Investigative Committee later described the
explosion as a “terrorist attack.”