St. Petersburg Bomber Said to Be Man From Kyrgyzstan; Death Toll Rises
By IVAN NECHEPURENKO and NEIL MacFARQUHARAPRIL 4, 2017
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — A man from Kyrgyzstan who had a Russian passport was responsible for the deadly subway blast in St. Petersburg, the Russian
and Kyrgyz authorities said Tuesday, as the toll from the attack rose to 14 dead and more than 60 wounded.
One unidentified source told the Interfax news agency
that after a trip home in February, Mr. Dzhalilov, a car mechanic, returned to St. Petersburg sullen and withdrawn.
According to Russian news reports, the man’s father, who had been working in Russia, brought him to St. Petersburg as a teenager
to start working to help pay for a new house after their old neighborhood in Osh had been devastated by ethnic riots.
The blast occurred just as the train departed the Sennaya Square station, one of the
busiest transportation hubs in central St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city.
Neighbors and others interviewed by Russian news organizations said Mr. Dzhalilov thrived in Russia,
starting as a metal worker in an auto repair shop and becoming an accomplished mechanic.
Kyrgyz officials said he was a member of the Uzbek minority in the southern city of Osh
who received Russian citizenship in 2011, around the time he moved to St. Petersburg.
