Moscow residents mourn St. Petersburg bomb victims

Residents of Moscow showed solidarity with the victims of the bombing in St. Petersburg, Monday, April 3.

Muscovites placed red carnations and candles by an existing World War II memorial, a marble stone honoring the defenders of Leningrad, as St. Petersburg was known then.

One young woman from St. Petersburg, Svetlana, explained why she visited the Moscow memorial.

“I came because I am from St. Petersburg and because my friends, parents and my entire family travel this route every day, pass by this station, I used to live in Kupchino. Every time when things like this happen—it is impossible not to come. Thank God my family is okay, but someone else has suffered grief and so I am here.”

The blast ripped through a subway car at about 2:20 p.m. local time.

The bomb may have been in a briefcase left on the train.

It is not yet known if the bomb was a terror attack; so far no terrorist group has claimed responsibility.

Moscow Resident, Alexander, said, “I don’t understand people who are involved in all this terrorism. These are the people who don’t hold anything sacred. And human life is priceless, it cannot be measured.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin was in St. Petersburg, his hometown when the blast occurred.