
The FSB announced the detention of one of the organizers of the St. Petersburg terrorist attack.
In the Odintsovo district of the Moscow Region, a native of the Central Asian region Azimov Abror Akhranovich born in 1990 was detained, according to the Center for Public Relations of the FSB.
According to investigators, Azimov trained the alleged suicide bomber Akbardzhon Galilov. The detainee was transferred to the TFR.
The FSB published a video of the detention of Azimov. He was seized next to the railway tracks, and a charged combat gun and a mobile phone were seized during the detention. When asked by the FSB officer, whether he guesses about the reason for his detention, Azimov replies: "Yes."
According to Fontanka , Azimov was born in Jalalabad. In 2014, he left the Kyrgyz citizenship and received Russian no later than 2016. In Russia, Azimov registered in the city of Murom, Vladimir Region. Last year, he at least twice - in March and October - went to Turkey. It was reported that there was an alleged executor of the Jalilov terrorist attack.
The explosion in the St. Petersburg metro occurred on April 3. 14 people became victims, more than 50 were injured. The next day, the TFR said that the attack was committed by Jalilov - a 22 -year -old native of the Kyrgyz city of Osh, a citizen of Russia. According to the information of the investigation department, he laid a bomb at the Square of the Uprising Square. This bomb, however, did not work.
On April 6, the Investigative Committee announced the detention in Moscow and St. Petersburg eight friends of Jalilov , who may be involved in explosions in the St. Petersburg metro. It was reported that weapons and explosives were seized during the detention.