Interfax: the terrorist attack in St. Petersburg was carried out by a suicide bomber, his identity has been established

A terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro was carried out by a suicide bomber, Interfax reports, citing a law enforcement source.

The agency also says the suspect has been identified. “According to preliminary data, this is a 23-year-old native of Central Asia,” Interfax reports the words of a source.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, the alleged terrorist was associated with radical Islamists. The source stressed that "the final conclusions can be made after the examination of DNA."

on the connection of the alleged terrorist with the Islamists The source of RIA Novosti also reported ; The agency did not specify whether it was a suicide bomber.

"Fontanka" writes that a person was identified who was "at the epicenter of the explosion" - according to the publication, this is a 22-year-old citizen of Kazakhstan, Maxim Arishev. The Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) writes that a person with a similar name was wanted after the attack; CIT believes that he may have been the victim of the attack, not the perpetrator.

A RIA Novosti source in law enforcement agencies confirmed that “the body of a native of one Central Asian country was found at the possible epicenter of the explosion,” but stressed that “it is too premature to call him a suicide bomber.”

Update. Later, Interfax reported , citing a source, that the bomb at the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station, according to preliminary data, was left by the same person who set off the explosion in the car.

• On the afternoon of April 3, an explosion occurred on a subway train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Technological Institute stations. Another explosive device, disguised as a fire extinguisher, was soon found at the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station.
• According to the latest data, 11 people died; 45 victims are in hospitals.