TEHRAN, April 17, YJC - One man suspected of organizing the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg metro has been detained near Moscow on Monday, Russia's Federal Security Service said in a statement.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Russian security operatives have detained a suspected organizer of the recent terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg subway, the FSB said in a statement Monday.
"At present Azimov Abror has been brought for investigative activities to the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation," the statement said.
The security officers confiscated one combat pistol during the operation.
On April 3, an explosion hit a subway car on a stretch between two subway stations in the center of St. Petersburg, leaving over 50 people injured, Sputnik reported.
Russia's Investigative Committee said that a Russian citizen of Kyrgyz descent Akbarzhon Jalilov was the prime suspect, but did not rule out the possibility of the perpetrator having accomplices.
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