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2011 Minsk Metro bombing
The 2011 Minsk Metro bombing occurred on 11 April 2011 when at least 15 people were killed and more than two hundred were injured in an explosion on the Minsk Metro, Belarus. The explosion happened at the central Kastryčnickaja station at 17:55 local time.
Initially the cause of the explosion was unclear, but was found to have been a bomb containing nails and ball bearings. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko asserted that the explosion was aimed at undermining "peace and stability" and hinted at possible foreign involvement
Kastrychnitskaya (Minsk Metro)
Kastrychnitskaya (; ) is a Minsk Metro station. It opened on June 26, 1984.
The station is one of three on the Minsk Metro to have been built with an entrance in an existing building, the other two being Kupalawskaya and Ploshcha Lyenina.
2011 bombing.
Kastrychnitskaya station was the site of the Minsk Metro bombing on April 11, 2011.