The December 27 explosion at a supermarket in
St. Petersburg has left 13 people injured.
MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has
said that a terrorist attack occurred in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. The head
of state ordered Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, to act within the
law when detaining criminals, but in the event of a threat to the lives of law
enforcement officers, no one should be captured but should be eliminated on the
spot.
"A terror attack was committed in St. Petersburg yesterday. The Federal Security Service recently thwarted another attempted terror attack," the head of state said at a meeting with the military personnel who took part in the operation in Syria.
"A terror attack was committed in St. Petersburg yesterday. The Federal Security Service recently thwarted another attempted terror attack," the head of state said at a meeting with the military personnel who took part in the operation in Syria.
Putin noted
that he "instructed the director of the Federal Security Service to act
within the law, only the law, while working with these terrorists, when
detaining them." "However, if there is a threat to the lives and
health of our employees, our officers, to act decisively, not to capture anyone
and eliminate gunmen on the spot," the president stressed.
According
to the latest information, the December 27 explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg’s
Kondratyevsky Avenue has left 13 people injured, eight of them remain in
hospitals. An explosive device stuffed with striking elements was detonated in
the Gigant-Hall entertainment center on the first floor near self-storage
lockers of the Perekrestok supermarket.
Source: ITAR-TASS 28-12-2017
