Russian Investigators Question New Suspect Over Metro Bombing

Russian Investigators Question New Suspect Over Metro Bombing
Police officers stay in front of a metro station following the St. Petersburg metro blast that took place on April 3, in Moscow, Russia on April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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MOSCOW—Russian law enforcement officials are questioning a new suspect over the bombing of a metro train in St Petersburg earlier this month, a source familiar with the investigation told Reuters on Monday.

Fourteen people were killed in the April 3 attack. The suspect is the ninth person to have been detained on suspicion of having colluded with the bomber, Akbarzhon Jalilov, since the attack. Jalilov was killed in the explosion.

A suspect over the recent bombing of a metro train in St Petersburg, while being detained by FSB officers in Moscow region, Russia on on April 17, 2017. (Russia's Federal Security Service/RBC/Handout via REUTERS TV)
A suspect over the recent bombing of a metro train in St Petersburg, while being detained by FSB officers in Moscow region, Russia on on April 17, 2017. Russia's Federal Security Service/RBC/Handout via REUTERS TV