Update: The Russian Investigative Committee has identified a Kyrgyz native as the suspect in the bombing of the St. Petersburg metro yesterday in which 14 were killed and 51 injured.
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A Russian policeman walks by the site of a bomb blast in the St. Petersburg metro April 3, 2017. Photo by Getty/AFP.
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