Belarus makes first arrests in Minsk metro bombing probe

BELARUS has made the first arrests over the Minsk metro bombing that killed 12 commuters, the worst attack in its modern history which the authorities called a plot to destabilise the country.

The explosion at a busy metro station in the heart of the Belarussian capital near the headquarters of autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko stunned a city which has never seen attacks like those suffered in Russia.

Vadim Zaitsev, the head of the country’s security service, said that three people had been arrested and were currently being interrogated.

He also said that the authorities were releasing a picture of a fugitive suspect who remains on the run and is suspected of being a perpetrator of the attack.