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General Category => World News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 04, 2017, 01:50:11 pm

Title: St Petersburg metro bombing a possible suicide attack
Post by: rangerrebew on April 04, 2017, 01:50:11 pm

St Petersburg metro bombing a possible suicide attack

    30 minutes ago
 

The St Petersburg metro explosion was caused by a bomb possibly detonated by a man whose body parts were found on the train, Russian investigators say.

The blast between two metro stations on Monday killed 14 people and injured 49.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39486640
Kyrgyzstan's security service named the suspect as Akbarzhon Jalilov, who was born in the Kyrgyz city of Osh in 1995 and had obtained Russian citizenship.

Title: Re: St Petersburg metro bombing a possible suicide attack
Post by: Sanguine on April 04, 2017, 02:07:56 pm

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The reasons why Central Asians support violent Islamist groups are mainly rooted in social and economic insecurities. Religion may not be necessarily a major one.

Uh huh.  That explains why Christians and Buddhists are also blowing up people.