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Several held over St Petersburg attack after explosive device found in raid | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Russian authorities have made safe an explosive device found in a residential building in St Petersburg and detained several people suspected of being accomplices of the man behind this week’s metro bombing, Russian news agencies have reported. | |
The city is still reeling from the bomb that ripped through the metro on Monday, killing 14 people. | |
A law enforcement source told Reuters fire engines had turned up at the building and people living in flats on two stairwells had been evacuated. | A law enforcement source told Reuters fire engines had turned up at the building and people living in flats on two stairwells had been evacuated. |
Interfax reported that authorities were verifying any links between the people detained on Thursday and the suicide bomber. | |
Separately, a homeless Russian man was injured on Thursday when a homemade device placed in a bag near a school exploded in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, according to local media. | Separately, a homeless Russian man was injured on Thursday when a homemade device placed in a bag near a school exploded in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, according to local media. |
At about 6.30am (03:30 GMT), the man discovered a bag containing a torch. When he tried to switch it on, the torch exploded and tore off his hand, Tass quoted a local police officer as saying. | At about 6.30am (03:30 GMT), the man discovered a bag containing a torch. When he tried to switch it on, the torch exploded and tore off his hand, Tass quoted a local police officer as saying. |
Several police vehicles were dispatched to the scene as well as security services. | Several police vehicles were dispatched to the scene as well as security services. |