Investigators Name Terrorist Group Involved in 2017 St.Petersburg Metro Blast

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Investigative Committee believes that Katiba al-Tawhid wal-Jihad terrorist group (banned in Russia) was directly involved in carrying out a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg metro in 2017, a committee's investigator said Tuesday.

"The organizers and active participants of an international terrorist community that is structurally part of the Katiba al-Tawhid wal-Jihad terrorist organization have been put on the international wanted list," the investigator said at a session of the Moscow City Court.

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On April 3, 2017, an explosion hit a train that traveled between two metro stations in St. Petersburg, killing 15 people and the bomber, identified as Akbarzhon Jalilov. Around 50 commuters were injured.

A total of 11 suspects are currently held in custody in connection with St. Petersburg metro blast.