MOSCOW, February 6, 2004, /RIA-NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT/ --A subway-train car exploded at 8.45 a.m. here today, with the authorities attributing this blast to a terrorist act. This was disclosed to RIA-NOVOSTI by Sergei Ignatchenko, chief of the Federal Security Service's public-relations department.
President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation was promptly informed about the tragedy, reports the presidential press service.
Passengers, who suffered as a result of the blast, are now being evacuated from Paveletskaya station.
Talking to RIA-NOVOSTI some time ago, officials at the local civil-defense and emergency-situations department noted that the blast had occurred, while the train was moving along the Zamoskvoretskaya line from Paveletskaya to Avtozavodskaya station.
Dozens of ambulance teams are now working at the scene.
