Likely suspect in St. Petersburg blast is Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen
Thứ Ba, 04/04/2017, 15:16
The likely suspect in a deadly blast in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, Kyrgyzstan's security service said on Tuesday.
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A spokesman for the GKNB security service identified the suspect as Akbarzhon Jalilov, born in the city of Osh in 1995. He provided no other details.
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| Rescue workers carry the body of a victim on a stretcher at Tekhnologicheskiy institut metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor |
Kyrgyzstan, a predominantly Muslim Central Asian nation of six million, is Russia's close political ally and hosts a Russian military airbase.
Monday's blast on board a metro train in St Petersburg killed 11 people and wounded 45.
