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St Petersburg metro explosion suspect believed to have 'radical Islamist' links

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The main suspect in the St Petersburg metro explosion which killed at least 14 people is believed to have had 'radical Islamist' links.

The main suspect, from Central Asia, is thought to have been a suicide bomber who had links with radical Islamists
Security services have identified him as a Kyrgyzstan-born Russian citizen
President Putin says all causes are being considered, including terrorism
The UN Security Council has called it a 'barbaric and cowardly terrorist attack'
The blast took place between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut underground stations
It is believed the explosive device was hidden inside a backpack and carried on the train by a 23-year-old man
Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee said they found and deactivated a bomb - rigged with shrapnel - at another station
The same suspect is believed to have planted it
The metro system in St Petersburg was evacuated and shut down
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BBC News wrote:St Petersburg attack: What we know

A bomb in a train in the Russian city of St Petersburg killed 14 people and injured 51 others on Monday. A suspect has been identified as Akbarzhon Jalilov, a naturalised Russian national born in Kyrgyzstan in 1995, according to Russian and Kyrgyz officials.

How did it happen?
The bomb went off at around 14:30 local time (11:30 GMT) after a train left Sennaya Ploshchad station, heading south for Tekhnologichesky Institut on the blue, north-south metro line.
Initial reports spoke of two bombs but it gradually became clear that there was a single blast, possibly in the third carriage of the train.
Although the explosion happened in between the two stations the driver continued to Tekhnologichesky Institut to enable victims to be helped more easily. Russia's investigative committee said this decision may have helped prevent further losses.
The St Petersburg metro was shut down and three days of mourning declared. Traffic in surrounding streets and in much of central St Petersburg was brought to a standstill for hours, and volunteers offered lifts via social media to people trying to get home.
At the time of the explosion President Vladimir Putin was just outside Russia's second city, meeting Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko at the Konstantin palace in Strelna.

What caused the explosion?
Early indications were that the bomb was an improvised device made out of the explosive TNT. Pictures from the scene showed mangled doors and bodies on the floor of the platform.
Minutes later another device was found propped up against a wall at another city metro station, Ploshchad Vosstaniya. That was safely defused and reports said it contained 1kg of TNT, more than used in the original blast.

Who is the suspect?
Details are still emerging about the identity of the suspect. He has been named by Russian and Kyrgyz officials as 22-year-old Akbarzhon Jalilov, born in Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city. He had obtained Russian citizenship.
Russia's state investigative committee said fragments of his body were found in the third carriage of the train, indicating he was a suicide bomber.
He had also planted the second bomb that did not explode, the investigators added.
The suspect had ties with radical Islamists, law enforcement officials were quoted by Russian media as saying.
No group has said it carried out the attack.


BBC News wrote:St Petersburg metro bomb victims identified

The first victims of the St Petersburg metro explosion have been named, as investigators continue to piece together the identity of the attacker.
Monday's blast between two stations killed 14 people and injured almost 50.
Investigators say it may have been a suicide bomb set off by a Kyrgyzstan-born man, Akbarzhon Jalilov.

Reports in Russia say one of the victims, Irina Medyantseva, died as she tried to shield her daughter from the explosion.
Ms Medyantseva, a 50-year-old doll-maker, reportedly died in an ambulance.
Her daughter Yelena, 29, was treated for her injuries in hospital and her condition is said to be stable.
Others victims include Dilbara Alieva, 20, from Azerbaijan, who was taken to hospital but later died from her injuries.
The oldest victim was Yuri Nalimov, 71, and one of the youngest was Ksenia Malyukova, 18, Russia's investigative committee reports (in Russian).
Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said one of its nationals, Maksim Aryshev, a 20-year-old student, had died. He was wrongly named as the bomber on social media on Monday.

Kyrgyzstan's security service named the suspect as Akbarzhon Jalilov, who was born in the Kyrgyz city of Osh in 1995 and had obtained Russian citizenship.
His name was later confirmed by Russian investigators, who said he also planted a second bomb that did not explode.
No group has said it was behind the bombing.

The blast occurred on Monday afternoon after the train had left Sennaya Ploshchad station.
Senior investigator Svetlana Petrenko told Russian media the train driver's decision to continue to the next station, Tekhnologichesky Institut, had almost certainly helped save lives, as it allowed people to be rescued quickly.
Train driver Alexander Kaverin told reporters: "I just followed the procedure. You will know that this isn't the first terrorist act that we've had, there've been explosions before, so smart people came up with smart procedures.
"And these procedures say that in this situation I had to take the train to the nearest station. This is what I did. The train kept moving. There was a bang and lots of dust, but the train kept on moving."
The discovery of an explosive device at another station, Ploshchad Vosstaniya, on Monday also suggested a co-ordinated attack.
Both Mr Kaverin and another employee who found the unexploded bomb would be rewarded for their actions, metro officials said.
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Fragments of body = severed head in relatively good condition.
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MKSheppard wrote:Fragments of body = severed head in relatively good condition.
On one hand the tendency for suicide vest/backpack/torso blasts to leave the head intact must make forensic identification of the bomber somewhat easier on the other I also wonder whether there's any need for suicide bombers to hide the identity of the bomber.

I know Israel was once on the train of thought of going after suicide bomber families to try and dissuade bombers from signing up but suicide bombing is usually the kind of thing where you actually want to advertise who you are and why you've done it...
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The_Saint wrote:
MKSheppard wrote:Fragments of body = severed head in relatively good condition.
On one hand the tendency for suicide vest/backpack/torso blasts to leave the head intact must make forensic identification of the bomber somewhat easier on the other I also wonder whether there's any need for suicide bombers to hide the identity of the bomber.

I know Israel was once on the train of thought of going after suicide bomber families to try and dissuade bombers from signing up but suicide bombing is usually the kind of thing where you actually want to advertise who you are and why you've done it...
Yes and no. While the suicide bomber does want to advertise himself (usually as a martyr), he can be dissuaded from doing something if it hurts something important to him in the material world, like his family.
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MKSheppard wrote:Fragments of body = severed head in relatively good condition.
Also found was a severed hand in relatively good condition.
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