Russian authorities detain suspected accomplices of metro bomber - Ifax
Reuters
April 6, 2017 17:34 MYT
April 6, 2017 17:34 MYT
A police officer leaves a candle during a memorial service for victims of a blast in St. Petersburg metro, outside Tekhnologicheskiy institut metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
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.
The agency also reported that Russia's state investigative committee had found clues at the addresses of suspected bombing accomplices.