December 27 evening in the St. Petersburg supermarket "Crossroads" on Kondratyevsky Avenue there was a clap which many perceived as an explosion of domestic gas, or decided that "the salute was played". Nevertheless, it was a terrorist attack.

According to the Investigative Committee on the first floor in the area of ??the storage chambers, an explosive device with destructive elements, whose power was 200 g in TNT equivalent,. There was no fire. People at this time in the shopping center was a bit. There are 10 victims, there are no children among them. One medical assistance was provided on the spot, the remaining nine were hospitalized in Mariinsky, Elizavetinsky and Aleksandrovsky hospitals in St. Petersburg. The condition of the six is ??estimated as moderate, three more - as satisfactory, and some soon after the medical care will go home. After the explosion about 50 people were immediately evacuated from the shopping center. There was no panic, people went home.

The OMON, doctors, police officers.

On the fact of the incident, the Investigative Committee instituted criminal proceedings against. 3 items. 30 and ч 2 ст. 105 of the Criminal Code (attempted murder of two or more persons in a generally dangerous manner). A spokesman for the mayor of the city, Andrei Kibitov, said that there is an order from Georgy Poltavchenko to provide the necessary assistance to the victims.