Bomb Defused in St. Petersburg as 8 Held in Connection With Metro Attack
Many militants who have traveled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State or other militant groups have come from Osh, and an investigator told Kommersant, a Russian business daily,
that Mr. Dzhalilov could have fallen under the influence of one of the terrorist organizations in Syria that has recruited Uzbeks.
It said the explosive device, found in an apartment in St. Petersburg, was identical to the one the suicide bomber, Akbarzhon A. Dzhalilov,
planted at the Vosstaniya Square station before he blew himself up between the Sennaya Square and the Technology Institute stations.
The investigators found burned sugar among the bomb components, a sign
that Mr. Dzhalilov may have been trained by the Islamic State in Syria, Fontanka.ru reported.
By IVAN NECHEPURENKOAPRIL 6, 2017
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The Russian security services disarmed an explosive device
and detained eight people on Thursday in connection with a suicide attack on a metro train that killed 13 people on Monday.
Investigators discovered tinfoil, double-sided tape and other components of explosive devices in an apartment Mr. Dzhalilov rented in northeastern St. Petersburg,
but there has been little to explain what turned a 22-year-old Russian with Uzbek roots into a suicide bomber.
Mr. Dzhalilov had lived in St. Petersburg since 2011, after obtaining Russian citizenship through his father.
Mr. Dzhalilov went to Kyrgyzstan in February, and from there tried to travel to Syria via Turkey, the newspaper reported.