Footage has emerged of the moment passengers desperately scrambled to get out of a train after it was rocked by a deadly blast.

At least 14 people died in the explosion on St Petersburg's underground metro, while dozens of others were injured.

A video taken shortly after the blast shows passengers climbing through the windows of the train to safety, while others are seen attempting to pry open the doors of a carriage.

Image: The metal doors of a carriage appeared to have been ripped apart by the explosion

Shattered glass and debris can be seen on the platform of Technology Institute station, while the metal doors of a carriage appear to have been ripped apart by the explosion.

Other footage, which Sky News has chosen not to broadcast, shows blood on the platform and injured victims lying on the floor.


Passenger Viatsheslav Vesselov said "the doors wouldn't open" as he attempted to get out of the bomb-hit train.

"Through the window I saw four bodies," he said.

Image: A number of people have died and even more are injured following a blast on the underground rail system in St Petersburg, anti-terror officials have said Image: The blast reportedly occurred as the train was travelling between Sennaya Ploshchad and Technol Image: An injured man stands outside Sennaya Ploshchad station Image: Another victim is helped by emergency services Image: Security services are trying to establish the cause of the blast Image: Pictures show the doors to one of the carriages blown out Image: Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee says security will be tightened at all critical transport facilities Image: Members of Emergency services stand next to helicopter outside Tekhnologicheskiy institut metro station in St. Petersburg Image: Videos from the scene show injured people lying on the platform Image: Photo purportedly showing the incident Image: Emergency services attending the scene outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station Image: Emergency services attending the scene outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station Image: Emergency services attending the scene outside Sennaya Ploshchad metro station Image: Emergency services personnel and vehicles at the entrance to Technological Institute metro station in Saint Petersburg /

Another witness, Leonid Chaika, said he saw people with blood and victims' body parts on their clothes.

He said: "Many were crying".

Describing the moments after the explosion, student Maria Smirnova said: "Everything was covered in smoke, there were a lot of firefighters.

"Firefighters shouted at us to run for the exit and everyone ran. Everyone was panicking."

Image: Vladimir Putin lays flowers outside Technology Institute station

Anna Sventik was travelling on a metro train that passed through Technology Institute station just after the blast.

She said: "Our train slowed down a bit, and one woman started having hysterics when she saw the people lying on the platform, blackened, in some places with no clothes, burned.

"It was very scary."

Citing law enforcement officials, Interfax news agency said a suicide bomber was responsible for the blast.

The suspected bomber was a 23-year-old from central Asia who had links to radical Islamists, it added.