Six people in St. Petersburg and two others in Moscow were detained Thursday for suspected involvement in a deadly blast in the St. Petersburg metro¹ Monday, the Russian Investigative Committee (RIC) said in a statement.

 

俄罗斯调查委员会在一份声明中表示，本周四圣彼德斯堡有六人以及莫斯科有两人涉嫌参与圣彼德斯堡地铁爆炸案被逮捕。

 

An explosive device similar to the one found at the Ploshchad Vosstania metro station in St. Petersburg, along with firearms and ammunition², was seized at the detainees' residences, said the statement.

 

The RIC offered names of the eight suspects but did not disclose their nationalities or whether they have links to terrorist groups.

 

A blast took place on Monday afternoon in a train carriage in the tunnel between metro stations Technological³ Institute and Sennaya Ploshchad in St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, killing⁴ 14 people and wounding dozens.

 

The RIC said Tuesday that 22-year-old Akbarzhon Dzhalilov carried out the deadly bomb attack, and he left an additional bomb at the Ploshchad Vosstania station, which was defused later by investigators⁵.

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