By Sena Guler
ANKARA (AA) – Russian president has called Wednesday's explosion in St. Petersburg a “terror attack, ” according to local media on Thursday.
“A terror attack was committed in St. Petersburg yesterday. The Federal Security Service [FSB] recently thwarted another attempted terror attack, ” said Russia's official news agency TASS, quoting Vladimir Putin.
At a meeting in Moscow with military personnel, the president instructed the director of the FSB to “act within the law … while working with these terrorists, when detaining them, ” adding, 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, ” TASS said.
Thirteen people were injured when an explosion hit a supermarket in St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening.
According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, over 50 people were evacuated from the store in the Baltic port city.
