1st Ld Writethru: Russia detains suspected organizer of St. Petersburg blast
Xinhua, April 17, 2017 Adjust font size:
A suspected organizer of a recent St. Petersburg metro blast was detained on Monday in the Moscow Region, Russia's Federal Security Service said in a statement.
Azimov Abror Akhralovich, a Central Asian native born in 1990, has been caught in the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region, said the statement.
It said the detainee trained previously identified Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, who carried out the deadly bomb attack in the St. Petersburg metro on April 3, killing 14 people and wounding dozens.
Earlier this month, six people in St. Petersburg and two others in Moscow were detained for suspected involvement in the attack. Endi