Emergency in St. Petersburg: a teenager’s hand was torn off by a detonated explosive device
Today a major emergency occurred in St. Petersburg - an explosive device went off in the hands of a local teenager. As a result of the explosion, the unlucky “demoman” himself suffered the most - he was hospitalized at Children’s Hospital No. 2 of St. Mary Magdalene, where his hand was amputated.
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According to local media, the emergency occurred on Vasilievsky Island next to the library named after. Chernyshevsky on Kim Avenue, 4.
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“On Odoevsky 27, there was an explosion, the teenager’s hands were torn off. The entrance to the library was blocked. The gays say to move away. The guy was hospitalized at St. Mary Magdalene Children's Hospital No. 2. The left hand is torn off, the right hand is half torn off. A young boy, 17-18 years old. The face was also hit, with numerous wounds,” the message said.
According to eyewitnesses, the young man “picked up something near the library,” after which an explosion occurred.
Later, information was received that the “demolitionist” was not 14, but 17 years old and that he was a student at the St. Petersburg State Technological Institute. The explosive device in his hands, as Fontanka ru reports, went off when he was standing on the porch of the main entrance to the library. Chernyshevsky on Kima, 4.
According to store employeeslocated nearby, they heard a very loud bang and ran out into the street. On the library porch they saw an injured young man and a lot of blood. The ambulance, eyewitnesses say, arrived at the scene very quickly.
As the same “Fontanka” reports, despite the explosion, the glass of the library’s display case was not damaged. According to an unnamed publication source, An explosion of an unidentified device occurred when a teenager tried to disassemble it.
At the moment, employees of the regional Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, explosives experts and police are working on the site. The scene of the incident has been cordoned off.
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