Blast strikes Metro Belarus, kills 11

Blast strikes the BelarusNEW subway station: a day of mourning will be declared, State media reportsDeath toll rises to 11. more than a hundred others is injuredRussian President calls that the explosion of a "terrorist attack", according to KremlinThe explosion took place at 18 hours, local time, police say

(CNN) - at least 11 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured after an explosion struck at a Minsk metro station, Monday evening, State media reported, quoting President Alexander Lukashenko.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the blast a "terrorist attack" and offered help to study that is at the origin of the explosion, the Kremlin said in a statement. Medvedev made the remarks in a telephone call with Lukashenko, who later said at a meeting of emergency Government accepted the offer of assistance.

"I just spoke with the Russian President." Unfortunately, they have much experience in this work. "Enter in contact with colleagues of FSB (Federal Russian Security Service), the offices of the Prosecutor, the Ministry of the Interior and tell them what assistance is needed," Lukashenko said, according to the Interfax news agency.

Some 50 people were taken to hospital after the incident, and most were treated at the scene "with various injuries", State News Agency Belta reported Belarus.

The Agency cited later Belarusian the Health Minister Vasily Zharko as saying that 126 were hospitalized after the attack and that 22 of them were in a State critical.

Lukashenko has ordered officials to increase the safety of public transportation, according to Belta.

He instructed also responsible for the security to investigate if this last breath may be a connection with an explosion in the Centre of Minsk in July 2008, said Belta. This bomb exploded during a concert in the open air, injuring some 55 people.

"Perhaps they are related." "Establish who could benefit by disrupting the calm and stability in the country and discover behind attack", Lukashenko said, according to Belta.

The Agency also reported that Lukashenko had said that a day of mourning would be declared in Belarus.

Emergency vehicle rescue workers reported at least 12 to responded to the scene, carrying the wounded away in their arms or on stretchers, news agency Interfax the Russia.

The explosion took place at 6 p.m., a metro police spokesman told Interfax.

CNN could not immediately reach officials in Minsk for comments.Maxim Tkachenko of CNN has contributed to this report.

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