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Russia confirms suicide bomber carried out St Petersburg subway attack that killed 14

A 22-year old suicide bomber born in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan was behind a blast on the St Petersburg subway that killed 14 people, Russian investigators have said.

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