俄羅斯警方確認地鐵自殺炸彈襲擊嫌疑人

Russian authorities have identified a suspect in Monday's deadly subway bombing in St. Petersburg, the Interfax news agency reports.

Interfax says police now believe it was a suicide bombing, and they identify the alleged bomber as a 23-year-old man from Central Asia.

The news agency quotes police who say he carried the bomb aboard the train in a backpack.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack in Russia's second-largest city that killed at least 11, injured 50 and was powerful enough to blow a hole through the thick medal doors of a subway car.

A Russia TV station’s footage showed dead and wounded lying on a station platform, as horrified passengers rushed by, many of them covering their faces to avoid the thick smoke.

Police defused another bomb hidden inside a fire extinguisher at a second St. Petersburg station. The city's entire subway was shut down for much of Monday. Moscow took what it called "additional security measures" on its metro.

Officials in St. Petersburg have declared three days of mourning. Russian President Vladimir Putin happened to be in his hometown of St. Petersburg Monday for a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Putin brought flowers to the subway station, where a memorial of flowers and candles grows.

U.S. President Donald Trump calls the blast an "absolutely terrible thing," while a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "those responsible for this appalling act must be held accountable."國際文傳電訊社報道，俄羅斯當局已經確認一名在聖彼得堡星期一發生的地鐵致命爆炸襲擊中的嫌疑人。

文傳社報道說，警方目前認爲這是一次自殺式爆炸襲擊，並確認涉嫌兇手是一名來自中亞的23歲男子。

報道援引警方的話說，嫌疑人揹着裝在揹包裏的炸彈登上地鐵。

聖彼得堡是俄羅斯第二大城市，這次襲擊造成至少11人喪生，50人受傷。襲擊的破壞力大到足以穿透地鐵車廂厚厚的鐵門。目前沒有人聲稱對襲擊事件負責。

俄羅斯一家電視臺的畫面顯示，嚇壞的乘客們匆匆路過躺在站臺上的遇難者和傷員，許多人捂着臉，避免吸入濃煙。

警察在另一個聖彼得堡地鐵站臺上解除了藏在滅火器裏的另一個炸彈。該市整個地鐵系統星期一大部分時間關閉。莫斯科則對其地鐵系統採取了所謂的“附加安全措施”。

聖彼得堡的官員宣佈哀悼三天。俄羅斯總統普京星期一恰好在他的家鄉聖彼得堡與白俄羅斯總統亞歷山大·盧卡申科會晤。普京帶着鮮花來到地鐵站，那裏不斷有人在一處紀念物前獻花和蠟燭。

美國總統川普稱這次爆炸是“極爲可惡的事情”。聯合國祕書長安東尼奧·古特雷斯的發言人表示：“對那些製造這一令人震驚事件的肇事者必須繩之以法。”