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| Suspected suicide attacker on St. Petersburg Metro identified – Investigators | Suspected suicide attacker on St. Petersburg Metro identified – Investigators |
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| The Russian Investigative Committee said it has established the identity of a suicide bomber who apparently detonated an explosive device in the Saint Petersburg Metro on Monday after examining the attacker’s remains from the blast site. | The Russian Investigative Committee said it has established the identity of a suicide bomber who apparently detonated an explosive device in the Saint Petersburg Metro on Monday after examining the attacker’s remains from the blast site. |
| “Investigative Committee experts, working alongside FSB and the Interior Ministry rapid response teams, have established that the explosive device could have been set off by a male suspect whose fragmented remains have been found inside the third car,” Svetlana Petrenko, the committee’s spokeswoman, told Interfax. | “Investigative Committee experts, working alongside FSB and the Interior Ministry rapid response teams, have established that the explosive device could have been set off by a male suspect whose fragmented remains have been found inside the third car,” Svetlana Petrenko, the committee’s spokeswoman, told Interfax. |
| She stressed that, while his identity is known, details will not be disclosed at this time “given the ongoing investigation.” | She stressed that, while his identity is known, details will not be disclosed at this time “given the ongoing investigation.” |
| The official noted that the authorities are “carrying on with interrogations and inspecting CCTV cameras.” | The official noted that the authorities are “carrying on with interrogations and inspecting CCTV cameras.” |
| “A blast assessment study, as well as a genetic examination, will follow,” she said. | “A blast assessment study, as well as a genetic examination, will follow,” she said. |
| The statement comes as the death toll continues to rise. Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said three more blast victims had succumbed to their injuries, increasing the number of fatalities from eleven to fourteen. | The statement comes as the death toll continues to rise. Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said three more blast victims had succumbed to their injuries, increasing the number of fatalities from eleven to fourteen. |
| Earlier, Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (GKNB) said that “a person of Kyrgyz origin, [who] is now a Russian citizen, is the possible perpetrator of the attack.” | |
| Russia has neither confirmed nor denied that report, and has not linked GKNB’s statement to the suspect identified as the suicide attacker. | |
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| The bombing in Saint Petersburg was discussed at a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Kyrgyz counterpart, Erlan Abdyldaev. | |
| Speaking after the talks, Lavrov said “terrorism is a crime against all humankind and all religions.” He also stressed the need to step up the fight against terrorism, “instead of utilizing certain kinds of terrorists to pursue selfish goals.” | |
| “It is for certain, that we must intensify [counter-terrorism] activities, given the situation that is developing in many parts of the world,” Abdyldaev echoed, while lauding the close intelligence ties between Russia and post-Soviet countries. |