St Petersburg subway bomber identified as Kyrgyz man

At least 14 people were killed and 50 others injured on Monday when an explosion ripped through a subway train in Russia's second-largest city.

The suspect behind Monday's deadly bombing at the Tekhnologicheskaya metro station has been identified as a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, according to an intelligence agency in the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan.

At least 14 people were killed and 50 others injured on Monday when an explosion ripped through a subway train in Russia's second-largest city. "The suicide bomber in the St Petersburg metro was a Kyrgyz national Akbarjon Djalilov, born in 1995," a spokesman for the country's security services said.

"It is probable that he acquired Russian nationality," he added.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came while President Vladimir Putin was visiting the city, his hometown.

Meanwhile, the Moscow metro tweeted that it was 'taking additional security measures' as required by law in such situations, while NAK said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that security was being stepped up at transportation hubs and crowded spots across the country.

Russia's Investigative Committee said it was probing an "act of terror" over the blast that rocked the metro in the country's second city on Monday afternoon, but added it would look into all other possible causes of the blast.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which comes after the Islamic State group called for attacks on Russia in retribution for its military intervention in Syria against the jihadists.
At least 7,000 nationals from former Soviet countries, including 2,900 Russians, have joined jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria, mostly IS, according to Russia's FSB intelligence service.

With inputs from PTI