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2017-04-05 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Sushi chef suicide bomber patrolled St Petersburg for two hours waiting for the perfect moment to strike before unleashing backpack bomb on train, killing 14 people
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[DailyMail] St Petersburg metro suicide bomber Akbarzhon Jalilov waited for two hours before detonating his bomb waiting for the perfect moment to kill the greatest number of people.
Security forces said he walked around St Petersburg carrying a backpack containing the bomb before detonating the device on a crowded metro train.
Moments before the device exploded, Jalilov was spotted clenching his fists as if steeling himself for his imminent suicide attack.
A former friend, Ali Matkarimov, today said Jalilov was once a sushi maker and was 'not even saying his prayers' when the pair worked together in the city in 2013.
As hundreds gathered to mourn the dead this morning, the city's transport bosses reopened four stations which had been shut down following an anonymous call warning of another attack.
Despite initially issuing search warrants for two suspected terrorists, authorities believe the suspected bomber was behind the attack and also have intelligence to suggest he planted a second explosive device - disguised as a fire extinguisher - which was found and defused at a nearby station.
Russia's state investigative committee said today that the blast was caused by a bomb that had possibly been detonated by a man whose body parts were found in one of the train carriages.
- Some of the dead and the injured have been identified
- An anonymous bomb threat caused the authorities to shut four metro stations
- A Kyrgyz spokesman named the killer as Akbarjon Djalilov
- Predominantly Muslim Kyrgyzstan has sent up to 500 to ISIS in Syria and the Tsarnaev brothers to America
According to the latest casualty figures provided by healthcare officials, 14 people were killed and 49 injured, including 10 victims who are still in serious condition.
Photos of the disabled IED that were leaked online show a container disguised as a fire extinguisher, apparently filled with explosives, which has packaged ball bearings wrapped around it, presumably to make it deadlier.
According to medical reports, the bomb that detonated inside the car also contained ball bearings, indicating that it may have been of similar design. The defused bomb was estimated to hold explosives packing the power of one kilogram of TNT.
The bomb was set off by a suicide bomber whose remains were found at the scene, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee. The attacker has been identified as 22-year-old Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen of Uzbek ethnicity. The investigators believe he also left the second IED before boarding the train, but are looking into other possibilities as well.
The Investigative Committee’s statement added that traces of DNA from Djalilov were also found on a bag with a second explosive device that was discovered at another metro station shortly before the blast in the tunnel that killed 14 people and wounded dozens.
“The conclusion of genetic evaluation and footage from surveillance cameras enable the investigation to conclude that the man who carried out the act of terror on the carriage was the one who left the bag with the explosive device in the Vosstaniya Square station,” it said. 
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