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Mourning the Victims of the St. Petersburg Terror Attack

Russian president Vladimir Putin puts flowers down outside Tekhnologicheskiy Institut metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 3, 2017. Grigory Dukor / Reuters
A man rides bicycle across the Tel Aviv city hall building as it is illuminated in solidarity with Russia after the blast in the St.Petersburg metro in Tel Aviv, Israel. Baz Ratner / Reuters
A man lays flowers in memory of victims killed by a bomb blast in a subway train in St. Petersburg, at the memorial stone with the word Leningrad (St. Petersburg) at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier, in front of the Kremlin wall in Moscow, April 4, 2017. Pavel Golovkin / AP
People lay flowers and light candles at a symbolic memorial outside Sennaya subway station in St. Petersburg. Evgeny Kurskov / AP
An icon and flowers are fixed at the fence of the Russian Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. Sergei Chuzavkov / AP
Flowers in memory of victims of a blast in St. Petersburg metro are seen laying at Tekhnologichesky Institut metro station in St. Petersburg. Grigory Dukor / Reuters
People leave candles in memory of victims of a blast in St.Petersburg metro. Grigory Dukor / Reuters
A man reacts next to a memorial site for the victims of a blast in St. Petersburg metro. Grigory Dukor / Reuters
A police officer walks with a dog at Tekhnologicheskiy institut metro station in St. Petersburg. Grigory Dukor / Reuters

A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city St. Petersburg on Monday, killing several people and wounding many more in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform.

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