The explosion that killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 100 inside a Minsk underground station was a terrorist act, Belarus prosecutors said overnight Monday, dpa reported.
"On April 11 at 5:54 pm in the Oktjabrskaja station of the Minsk Metro, a terrorist act was carried out," said Andrei Shved, deputy chief prosecutor, the Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported.
A bomb with an estimated force of five to eight kilograms of TNT was placed under a bench on the underground platform, according to a report on Belarus television. The attack took place at rush hour.
Prosecutors declare Minsk blast was terrorism
The explosion that killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 100 inside a Minsk underground station was a terrorist act, Belarus prosecutors said overnight Monday, dpa reported.
