Subway Explosion Rocks Belarus Capital
- Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:48pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) — An explosion tore through a subway station in the Belarusian capital during evening rush hour Monday, causing at least a dozen serious injuries and sending clouds of smoke pouring into the street.
The official state news agency Belta said there were fatalities.
An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw heavily wounded people being carried out of the station including at least one person with missing legs.
There was no immediate official count on casualties.
Several witnesses told The Associated Press that the explosion roared out just as passengers were stepping off a train in the Oktyabrskaya station about 6 p.m. (1500 GMT). The station is where Minsk’s two subway lines intersect and was crowded with transferring passengers at the end of the work day.
One witness, Alexei Kiklevich, said at least part of the station’s ceiling collapsed after the explosion.
There was no immediate indication of whether the blast was an accident or a terrorist attack.
The location is within about 100 meters (yards) of the government’s Palace of the Republic building and the residence of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Political tension in Belarus has been rising since December, when a massive demonstration against a disputed presidential election sparked a harsh crackdown by police in which more than 700 people were arrested, including seven presidential candidates.
Lukashenko, who was declared the overwhelming winner of the Dec. 19 election, has run Belarus since 1994.
However, Belarus’ beleaguered opposition has been largely peaceful for years, with only a few incidents of clashes with police.
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Margaret Thatcher
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:40pmBelarus. That’s where the movie “Defiance” takes place. An extremely powerful movie that Blaze readers would like. It’s about standing up and fighting back, and anti-semitism. In this case during WWII. One of my favorite movies. Check it out. True story.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 6:31pmThis was a terrorist bomb attack. Many people were seriously injured, many people died. My prayers for family, friends & the injured.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 3:31pmThis looks uninteresting at first glance, but it does involve a disputed election that’s causing this explosion. Maybe the next move by the dissenters, is to ask the russians to annex part of Belarus like they did for those comrades in Gerorgia. The russians, and progressives really know how to chip away a little bit at a time
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:27pmIt’s a slow news day.
Report Post »Gee I wish Bohner would publicly bow to Obama, that would be news……
I wish Trump would update us on the investigation….that’s news
I wish Pawenty hadn’t hired Ayers ( Nick) to run his campaign…..that is news
I wish …
Nigel2
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:10pmSmells like islamists to me.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:31pmI’m blaming whitey, this way I’m not getting called “racist’ and my comment will not get removed by the liberals that hate America.
Report Post »USA ! ! ! USA ! ! !
J.C. McGlynn
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:01pmGeorge S. playing god again.
Report Post »andyottito
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:56pmWho wants to take bets that this was another radical Christian bombing?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:06pmResult of Mormon’s failing to do enough work. Or just simply not on THEIR to do list.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:06pmI’m going to blame whitey
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:24pmYou are all wrong, just plain wrong…but in a good way wrong.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:55pmGotta be Bush’s fault
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:56pmI hope this is just an accident and not another terrorist hit; may those who have been injured be given a swift and full as possible recovery by the Almighty.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:00pmNaaa. It‘s the Tea Party’s fault.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:02pmNo problem. Barry would just consider this a MAN-Made Expansion of a Solid Object by a Gaseous Cloud.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:13pm@13
Obama is a “Gaseous Cloud”
Report Post »exdem
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:13pmIn the words of MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer- I hope it wasnt a muslim. You know they get such a bad rap for being terrorists.
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:15pmIt was just an accident nothing more.
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Report Post »exdem
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:41pm–Political tensions in Belarus, have been rising since December when a massive demonstration against a disputed presidential election that sparked a harsh crackdown by police in which 700 people were arrested, including seven presidential candidates–
There could be a story very simaliar to this one in our papers next election
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on April 11, 2011 at 2:44pmPretty sure this was the work of the “ white women quilters sisterhood”.
Report Post »MG-42
Posted on April 12, 2011 at 12:49pmThis is definately a terrorist attack. The scum Muslims are all over this area, they just told Russia a few weeks ago after an airport blast there that they wanted the Caucasus Mountains there. Another scum of the earth Muslim peaceful attack! I hate these slugs! If they rise up against Americans, I’d be happy to fill them full of holes!
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