Russia opens terrorism investigation after teenager blows himself up

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News ID: 30896
Publish Date: 17:12 - 31 October 2018
TEHRAN, October 31 -Russia opened an investigation into suspected terrorism after a 17-year-old youth blew himself up on Wednesday in the lobby of an office belonging to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in the north of the country.

Russia opens terrorism investigation after teenager blows himself upTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Russia opened an investigation into suspected terrorism after a 17-year-old youth blew himself up on Wednesday in the lobby of an office belonging to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in the north of the country. 

Russia’s Investigative Committee said the unnamed teenager had detonated a homemade bomb in the lobby of the FSB, the country’s main domestic security and intelligence service, in the city of Arkhangelsk. It said he had died on the spot.

Investigators said they had identified the teenager as a resident of the city, which is around 1,000 km (620 miles) north of Moscow, but did not name him.

Three FSB employees were wounded in the blast, the Investigative Committee said in a statement.

It published what it said was a CCTV image of the bomber in the lobby of the building. The picture showed a young man with his right hand inside a bag that he was holding with his left hand.

Pictures posted on social media by witnesses after the blast showed what looked like a body lying on the floor outside the heavy wooden entrance doors to the FSB building.

Source: Reuters

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