Russian authorities have detained several people suspected of being accomplices of the man behind this week's St Petersburg metro bombing, news agency Interfax reported on Thursday, citing a law enforcement source.

It said the detainees' links with the suicide bomber were being verified.

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The agency also reported that Russia's state investigative committee had found clues at the addresses of suspected bombing accomplices.