St. Petersburg subway suicide bomb suspect ID'd

The suspect in a suicide bombing in a St. Petersburg subway train that killed 14 people was identified Tuesday as a Russian citizen born in Kyrgyzstan, officials said.

Russia's Investigative Committee said it believes Akbardzhon Dzhalilov, 22, was responsible for the attack in the country's second-largest city Monday. The investigators said Dzhalilov’s DNA was found on a bag containing a bomb that was discovered and defused at another subway station in St. Petersburg on the same day.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Russian investigators said parts of Dzhalilov's body were found in the train.

The former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security said in a statement that it is cooperating with Russian authorities in the investigation. The suspected bomber had ties to Syrian militants, Russian news agency TASS reported.

"It has been established that an individual suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack is a native of our republic," Rakhat Sulaimanov, the Kyrgyzstan committee’s spokesman, told TASS.

The death toll rose to 14 Tuesday. Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said 11 people died at the scene and three others died "in an agonizing condition" — one in an ambulance and two when they arrived at a hospital. Skvortsova said 49 people remained in hospitals and 13 others were discharged, TASS reported.

At least four subway stations in St. Petersburg were closed following a bomb threat Tuesday. They later reopened.

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, led a service at Moscow’s main cathedral on Tuesday for those who died.

“This terrorist act is a threat to all of us, all our nation,” the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Tuesday that the Eiffel Tower will remain dark overnight to honor the victims of the attack. Hidalgo made the announcement in a tweet that carried the hashtag #WeareUnited written in French.

Also Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin ways to boost anti-terrorism cooperation after the bombing. The Kremlin published summaries of Putin’s phone calls with Merkel and Hollande as well as with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who also called Putin to offer his condolences.

Putin, who was visiting the city — his hometown — during the attack, vowed a quick and thorough investigation.

"Law enforcement agencies and special services ... will do everything to provide a full assessment on what has happened," Putin said.'

Contributing: John Bacon and Susan Miller

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