Eight people were detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg in connection with the metro bombing
On Thursday, April 6, eight suspects were detained in connection with the explosion in the St. Petersburg Metro, as reported by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Petrenko. According to her, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, working jointly, detained six people in St. Petersburg and two in Moscow.
"Seyfulla Khakimov, Ibragibzhon Yermatov, Dilmurod Muidinov, Bakhram Yergashev, Azamzhon Makhmudov, Makhamadyusuf Mirzaalimov, Shokhista Karimova and Sodik Ortikov were detained," she said.
Petrenko stated that during thorough searches in the detainees’ homes, an "explosive device identical to that found at the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station of the St. Petersburg Metro was seized, as well as firearms and ammunition.” Investigators soon plan to petition the court for preventive measures against the suspects.
The explosion that occurred in the St. Petersburg Metro on April 3 killed 14 people and wounded around 50 others. Law enforcement agencies are searching for accomplices of the person who allegedly committed the terrorist act, Akbarzhon Jalilov from Kyrgyzstan.