Subway blast takes lives during evening rush hour in Minsk, Belarus

AP reports: "President Alexander Lukashenko said 11 people were killed and about 100 injured."

 There was no immediate determination of what caused the explosion, but the RIA Novosti news agency cited Lukashenko as saying he did not discount the possibility that it was organized "from outside."  Read the full story here.

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A wounded blast victim is brought by rescuers to an ambulance in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, April 11, 2011. An explosion tore through a subway station in the Belarusian capital during evening rush hour Monday, and an official in the presidential administration said there were fatalities.

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A wounded blast victim speaks on a cell phone at Oktyabrskaya subway station in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, April 11, 2011. An explosion tore through a subway station in the Belarusian capital during evening rush hour Monday, and an official in the presidential administration said there were fatalities.

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