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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
St. Petersburg, February 12 (Xinhua) — A 20-year-old Russian citizen involved in the arson attack on an electric train has been detained in St. Petersburg. The press service of the Transport Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District reported this on Thursday.
It was established that the perpetrator, acting on instructions received from an unidentified source via instant messaging, used a flammable liquid to set fire to an electric train on the Finland Line of the October Railway.
The suspect has been remanded in custody, and a criminal case has been opened for a terrorist act. The suspect faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison under the criminal code article he is charged with. –0–
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