Kyrgyzstan’s
special services have identified St. Petersburg terror attack suspect.
BISHKEK, April 4. /TASS/. Kyrgyzstan’s National
Security Committee maintains contacts with the Russian special services
investigating the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg subway, the
committee’s spokesman, Rakhat Sulaimanov, told TASS on Tuesday.
"It has been established that an individual suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack is a native of our republic," he said. According to Sulaimanov, it is also known that he was granted Russian citizenship some time ago.
"It has been established that an individual suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack is a native of our republic," he said. According to Sulaimanov, it is also known that he was granted Russian citizenship some time ago.
According
to the press service, the committee confirms that Akbarzhon Jalilov born in
1995 is indeed a native of Kyrgyzstan. "However, we do not know whether
this person is involved in the terror attack or not," the press service
noted. It added that the committee had received information concerning
Jalilov’s alleged involvement "from the Russian side."
Sulaimanov earlier
said it is in touch with the relevant agencies in Russia investigating the
terrorist attack in St. Petersburg.
An
unidentified device went off at about 14:40 Moscow time on Monday in a subway
train car when the train was moving from Tekhnologichesky Institut Station to
Sennaya Ploshchad Station. The Russian Investigative Committee has qualified
the blast as a terrorist attack, but other versions are looked into as well.
According
to the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, the blast claimed 11 lives. The
Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Regional Department in St. Petersburg said 51
people were injured. It provided no information on the number of those killed
in the blast.
Update; the death toll has climbed to 14.
Source: ITAR-TASS 04-04-2017
