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Suspect in St. Petersburg Metro Blast Pleads Not Guilty in Court

© Sputnik / Alexei Danichev / Go to the mediabankPeople lay flowers at the Tekhnologichesky Institut metro station in memory of the St. Petersburg Metro explosion victims.
People lay flowers at the Tekhnologichesky Institut metro station in memory of the St. Petersburg Metro explosion victims. - Sputnik International
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A suspect in the case of a blast in the St. Petersburg metro pleaded not guilty in court.

Tekhnologichesky Institute metro station in St. Petersburg, the site of a terrorist bombing attack - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A suspect in the case of a recent blast in the St. Petersburg subway on Friday pleaded not guilty in court, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the courtroom.

"I did not commit this crime," the suspect said.

On Monday, an explosive device blasted in St. Petersburg in a subway train. Another blast that was supposed to take place on the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station was prevented by bomb technicians. The explosion resulted in at least 14 deaths. Following the incident, Russia's Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case over a terrorist act but the investigators are also looking into other versions.

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