115 Indonesian Citizens Safe from St Petersburg Exploded
115 Indonesian Citizens Safe from St Petersburg Exploded
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ST PETERSBURG - No Indonesian citizens were among the victims of an explosion on the St. Petersburg exploded on Monday (3/4).
"We have been informed by the Indonesian Students Association in Russia and the Consulate Office in St Petersburg that there was no Indonesian citizen among the victims of the explosion," said Indonesian Ambassador to Russia, Wahid Supriyadi as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday.
Supriyadi said there are 115 Indonesian citizens comprising students and workers living in St Petersburg, and the Indonesian embassy has urged them to remain alert.
From St Petersburg, one of the victims, Irina Medyantseva died as she tried to shield her daughter from the explosion. Medyantseva, a 50 year old doll maker, reportedly died in an ambulance. Her daughter Yelena (29) was treated for her injuries in hospital and her condition is said to be stable.
Others victims include Dilbara Alieva (20) from Azerbaijan, who was taken to hospital but later died from her injuries.
The oldest victim was Yuri Nalimov (71) and one of the youngest was Ksenia Malyukova (18), Russia's investigative committee reports (in Russian).
Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said one of its nationals, Maksim Aryshev, a 20-year-old student, had died. He was wrongly named as the bomber on social media on Monday.
Kyrgyzstan's security service named the suspect as Akbarzhon Jalilov, who was born in the Kyrgyz city of Osh in 1995 and had obtained Russian citizenship.
As known, the explosion tore through a train as it was traveling between two stations in Russias second-largest city and killed at least 11 people.
A second, larger device was found and defused at another station, Russias Anti-Terrorism Committee said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which led to the shutdown of the citys metro system. Alongside the dead, 51 people were injured in the incident.
Four of the injured are in critical condition, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova noted from the Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine where several of the wounded are being treated.
"We have been informed by the Indonesian Students Association in Russia and the Consulate Office in St Petersburg that there was no Indonesian citizen among the victims of the explosion," said Indonesian Ambassador to Russia, Wahid Supriyadi as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday.
Supriyadi said there are 115 Indonesian citizens comprising students and workers living in St Petersburg, and the Indonesian embassy has urged them to remain alert.
From St Petersburg, one of the victims, Irina Medyantseva died as she tried to shield her daughter from the explosion. Medyantseva, a 50 year old doll maker, reportedly died in an ambulance. Her daughter Yelena (29) was treated for her injuries in hospital and her condition is said to be stable.
Others victims include Dilbara Alieva (20) from Azerbaijan, who was taken to hospital but later died from her injuries.
The oldest victim was Yuri Nalimov (71) and one of the youngest was Ksenia Malyukova (18), Russia's investigative committee reports (in Russian).
Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said one of its nationals, Maksim Aryshev, a 20-year-old student, had died. He was wrongly named as the bomber on social media on Monday.
Kyrgyzstan's security service named the suspect as Akbarzhon Jalilov, who was born in the Kyrgyz city of Osh in 1995 and had obtained Russian citizenship.
As known, the explosion tore through a train as it was traveling between two stations in Russias second-largest city and killed at least 11 people.
A second, larger device was found and defused at another station, Russias Anti-Terrorism Committee said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which led to the shutdown of the citys metro system. Alongside the dead, 51 people were injured in the incident.
Four of the injured are in critical condition, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova noted from the Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine where several of the wounded are being treated.
(rnz)
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