The terrorist attack was named in the supermarket of St. Petersburg by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Due to the actions of criminals on Wednesday, December 27, injured 13 people. In this regard, the head of state ordered to take the most stringent preventive measures. "You know that yesterday a terrorist act was committed in St. Petersburg," the president addressed the servicemen of the Russian Federation who recently returned from Syria. He recalled that the other day the FSB prevented an attempted terrorist attack. "And what would have happened if these thousands (terrorists) ... returned to us, returned trained, armed, well-trained," the president said, awarding the military distinguished in the course of the anti-terrorist operation in the Syrian Arab Republic. In the opinion of the head of state, it is equally resolute and harsh with terrorists and their supporters that we must also fight on the territory of the Russian Federation. "Yesterday, I instructed the director of the Federal Security Service to work with these bandits, to act, of course, within the law, when they were detained, but in the face of the threat to the lives and health of our employees, act decisively, take prisoners and eliminate bandits on the spot," - Putin said. On the eve of the evening in the store "Crossroads" on Kondratyevsky avenue of Petersburg explosion. As the investigators established, a homemade bomb was planted in one of the storage cells located in the immediate vicinity of the cash registers. An explosive device with a capacity of about 200 grams in TNT was stuffed with small metal damaging elements.

As a result, 13 people were injured, 6 of whom are now in hospital in a state of moderate severity.

Investigative Committee opened criminal case on h. 3 items. 30 and h. 2 items. 105 of the Criminal Code ("Attempted to kill two or more persons"), but noted in the TFR that other versions of what happened. It is established that a man left the bomb in the store. In the lens of the surveillance cameras, there was a moment, as half an hour before the explosion, he locked up the backpack in the storage room and hurriedly left the room.