Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called a "terrorist act" the explosion of a home-made bomb that left 13 people injured in a supermarket in St. Petersburg, in a context of concern over the return of jihadists who have gone to fight in Syria .
While asserting no track, investigators have opened an investigation for "attempted homicide" after the explosion occurred Wednesday night, four days of New Year's Eve, in the second city of Russia already struck in April by a murderous attack.
"Yesterday, a terrorist act was committed in St. Petersburg," said Putin, during a speech in the Kremlin at the beginning of a ceremony of decorations to Russian servicemen who participated in the Russian operation in Syria.
The Russian president announced that he ordered the country's security services (FSB) to "liquidate the bandits on the spot" at the time of their arrest in Russia, "in case of threat to life or health" forces of the order.
Police officers at the scene of an explosion in a supermarket, December 27, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia © Olga MALTSEVA AFP Police officers at the scene of an explosion in a supermarket, December 27, 2017 in St. Petersburg, in Russia © Olga MALTSEVA AFP
"These are the ones who are preparing to carry out attacks in our country," his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
In a statement issued Wednesday night, the National Counter-Terrorism Committee (NAK) said the homemade bomb, with a power equivalent to 200 grams of TNT, had exploded in a locker of the supermarket's locker room. former Soviet cinema. He released images of the store entrance with the partially collapsed ceiling near the crates, surrounded by debris.
While asserting no track, investigators have opened an investigation for "attempted homicide" after the explosion occurred Wednesday night, four days of New Year's Eve, in the second city of Russia already struck in April by a murderous attack.
"Yesterday, a terrorist act was committed in St. Petersburg," said Putin, during a speech in the Kremlin at the beginning of a ceremony of decorations to Russian servicemen who participated in the Russian operation in Syria.
The Russian president announced that he ordered the country's security services (FSB) to "liquidate the bandits on the spot" at the time of their arrest in Russia, "in case of threat to life or health" forces of the order.
Police officers at the scene of an explosion in a supermarket, December 27, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia © Olga MALTSEVA AFP Police officers at the scene of an explosion in a supermarket, December 27, 2017 in St. Petersburg, in Russia © Olga MALTSEVA AFP
"These are the ones who are preparing to carry out attacks in our country," his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
In a statement issued Wednesday night, the National Counter-Terrorism Committee (NAK) said the homemade bomb, with a power equivalent to 200 grams of TNT, had exploded in a locker of the supermarket's locker room. former Soviet cinema. He released images of the store entrance with the partially collapsed ceiling near the crates, surrounded by debris.
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