A blast at a metro station in the Belarussian capital Minsk killed at least seven people and injured dozens, a police source told Reuters on Monday.
The state news agency BelTA said the blast occurred at 5:55 pm at the metro station Oktyabrskaya on a square of the same name about 100 meters from the administration building of President Alexander Lukashenko.
There was no indication of what caused the explosion.
A 52-year-old man said a train was coming into the station when the blast occurred on the platform.
"The doors (of the train) opened and then there was an explosion," said the man who gave his name only as Igor. "I saw people lying on the floor without moving. There was a lot of blood."
Reuters correspondent Andrei Makhovsky went to the scene and saw one dead person lying outside the station covered in sheeting.
First-aid workers were helping injured people at the scene, BelTA said.
First published: 20:04, 04.11.11