Likely suspect in St Petersburg blast is Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen
BISHKEK - Reuters
The likely suspect in a deadly blast in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, Kyrgyzstan's security service said on April 4.A spokesman for the GKNB security service identified the suspect as Akbarzhon Jalilov, born in the city of Osh in 1995. He provided no other details.
Kyrgyzstan, a predominantly Muslim Central Asian nation of six million, is Russia's close political ally and hosts a Russian military airbase.
The blast on board a metro train in St Petersburg on April 3 killed 11 people and wounded 45.
