
Employees of the special services went on the trace of the alleged organizer of the attack in St. Petersburg Abror Azimov, checking the telephone contacts of the suicide bomber Akbarzhon Dzalilov. This was reported by "Kommersant" with reference to sources close to the investigation.
According to the interlocutors of the publication, Azimov was the only of the participants in the terrorist group, with whom Jalilov contacted the phone before the terrorist attack, allegedly saying that he was ready to undermine.
After the attack, Azimov practically switched to an illegal position. He did not appear in a rented apartment and got rid of his phones. However, on April 17, he purchased a couple of new cell phones and SIM cards. Having activated one of the cards, he issued his whereabouts and was detained, Kommersant writes.
A similar version was published by Life with reference to a "high -ranking source in law enforcement agencies."
Meanwhile, the press service of the TFR does not call Azimov the organizer of the attack. "According to the investigation, he is an accomplice in the crime, his role is established. Under him, firearms and ammunition was discovered. Azimov was taken to the investigator and investigative actions are being taken with him. In the near future, the investigation plans to apply to the court with a request for the election of a restraint measure," the report said.
Azimov was born in Jalalabad in 1990. The Consulate General of Russia in the Kyrgyz city of Osha informed Interfax that "in the database of citizenship through the Azimov General Consulate is listed. "He through our Consulate General received citizenship in 2013, we are now checking this data for compliance," the agency’s interlocutor said.
In turn, a source in law enforcement agencies of the south of Kyrgyzstan said that after reaching 18 years, Azimov received a Kyrgyz passport. According to preliminary data, immediately after that he went to Russia. According to the source, Azimov constantly lived and worked in Russia, came to his homeland no more than once a year, and in 2013 received Russian citizenship.
On Monday, the FSB announced the detention of Azimov in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow Region. In the center of public relations of the FSB, he was called one of the organizers of the St. Petersburg terrorist attack. According to investigators, Azimov trained the alleged suicide bomber Jalilov. The detainee was transferred to the TFR.
Later, 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, 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 .
On April 3, an explosion occurred in the train of the St. Petersburg metro train. 15 people were killed: 11 died at the scene of the explosion, four more - on the way to the hospital or after delivery there. More than 50 people 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 TFR announced the detention of eight friends of Jalilov , who may be involved in explosions in the St. Petersburg metro. Seifullah Khakimov, Ibragigzhon Ermatov, Dilmurod Muidinov, Bahram Ergashev, Azamzhon Makhmudov, Mahamadyusuf Mirzaalimov was detained in St. Petersburg, and Shokhist Karimov and Sodik Ortikov in Moscow. It was reported that weapons and explosives were seized during the detention.