Russian investigators find objects of Jalilov's accomplices important for investigation of metro bombing

Russia's state investigative committee said in the statement that it is looking into the backgrounds of people it suspected of being accomplices of Akbarzhon Jalilov, a man behind this week's deadly metro bombing in St Petersburg.

It said it had identified several people of central Asian origin who had been in touch with Jalilov. A search of the suspects' homes had turned up objects that were important for the investigation, the committee said.

Russian investigators had detained three people suspected of being Jalilov's accomplices this morning, Interfax reported.