A policeman checks a body from a car blast in St. Petersburg, in northwestetn Russia, on Nov. 25, 2008. Three people were killed when a car was blasted in Russia's northwestern city of St. Petersburg on Tuesday morning, Russian media reported.

A policeman checks a body from a car blast in St. Petersburg, in northwestetn Russia, on Nov. 25, 2008.

MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed when a car was blasted in Russia's northwestern city of St. Petersburg on Tuesday morning, Russian media reported.

The incident occurred near a metro station in the north of the Russia's second largest city at the morning rush hour, RIA and Interfax news agencies cited local emergencies officials as saying.

The victims, including a child of about three years old, were all in the car reaching the metro station when a hand grenade exploded near it, local police said.

No damage was caused to the metro station and the subway transport remains operating, police said.