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Russia: Soldier killed in car explosion in Saint Petersburg

Verified: 9 outlets in 6 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 3 of them from Russia.

📍 Saint Petersburg, RU·🕐 11h ago·9 outlets

A Russian serviceman was killed when his car exploded in Saint Petersburg on Thursday. Investigators have opened a murder inquiry, while local media report that another person was injured.

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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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Africanews· International ↗Euronews· International ↗The Kyiv Independent· National ↗Meduza· National ↗AKIpress· News agency ↗TASS· News agency · state media ↗Reform.news· National ↗

The story so far · 9 reports · · 6 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 7:28 AM UTC

3 outlets from Russia, where the story is: Meduza, TASS, The Moscow Times · how we count

Nov 12, 7:16 AM UTCFirst report
Man killed in car explosion in southern St. Petersburg tass.com ↗
Nov 12, 7:28 AM UTC+12 min
Military Officer Killed In Car Explosion In St. Petersburg reform.news ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 7:28 AM UTC · +12 min
Nov 12, 8:20 AM UTC+1 h
Russian colonel killed in car explosion in St. Petersburg meduza.io ↗
Nov 12, 9:23 AM UTC+2 h
Serviceman killed in car explosion in St. Petersburg akipress.com ↗
Nov 12, 9:48 AM UTC+3 h
St. Petersburg Car Blast Kills Russian Aerospace Forces Officer themoscowtimes.com ↗
Nov 12, 12:16 PM UTC+5 h
Russian colonel reportedly killed in car explosion near St. Petersburg kyivindependent.com ↗
Nov 12, 3:07 PM UTC+8 h
Russia: Soldier killed in car explosion in Saint Petersburg euronews.com ↗
Nov 12, 4:34 PM UTC+9 h· you’re reading this
Russia: Soldier killed in car explosion in Saint Petersburgafricanews.com ↗
Nov 13, 2:43 AM UTC+19 h
Car Bomb Kills Russian Officer in St. Petersburg hngn.com ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 says there were no other casualties, which conflicts with Report 1's mention of another injured person, while Reports 3 and 4 describe the same St. Petersburg car blast without contradicting

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