聖彼得堡地鐵爆炸案後全城氣氛緊張

Russia's state investigative committee says it has arrested six Central Asian men in St. Petersburg on suspicion of aiding terrorist activity, two days after a deadly attack on a crowded subway train in that city.

The group is accused of recruiting other men from Central Asian republics to join Islamic State and other extremist groups since 2015. But the committee issued a statement saying no evidence has been uncovered linking the group to the bombing that killed 14 people and left dozens more injured.

Russian investigators have identified 22-year-old Kyrgyz-born Akbarzhon Dzhalilov as the suicide bomber who carried out the attack.

World leaders from China to Europe to Brazil expressed their condolences over the tragedy. U.S. President Donald Trump phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered full support in responding to the attack.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the global outpouring Russia received reflected a common understanding of the need to join efforts to fight terrorism instead of trying, according to him, to “use extremists to reach narrow geopolitical goals.”

The attack has left St. Petersburg residents on edge.

“I think the atmosphere in the city is nervous,” said resident Anastasia. “People walk and they do not understand what is happening. The public transport is too busy and is not coping. It is scary for us.”

Russia is holding three days of mourning for those killed. President Putin overnight laid flowers near the bombing cite in St. Petersburg in tribute. Putin was in the city when the bombing occurred, the timing of which Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called “food for thought.”俄羅斯國家調查委員會稱，已逮捕6名涉嫌在聖彼得堡幫助恐怖分子活動的中亞男子。兩天前，這座城市一個擁擠的地鐵站發生了爆炸襲擊，多人死傷。

這6人被控自2015年起，從中亞國家招募男性加入“伊斯蘭國”及其它極端組織。但是調查委員會發布聲明稱，尚無證據表明這些人與造成14人死亡、數十人受傷的聖彼得堡爆炸案有關。

俄調查人員認定，在吉爾吉斯斯坦出生的22歲男子阿爾巴倫·扎利羅夫發動了這次自殺式炸彈襲擊。

中國、歐洲以及巴西等國家領導人對這次悲劇表示哀悼。美國總統川普致電俄羅斯總統普京，表示美國願意盡力幫助。

俄羅斯外交部長拉夫羅夫說，俄羅斯這次得到的廣泛支持顯示，世界各國都意識到，應該聯手對抗恐怖主義，而不是試圖“利用極端分子來達成狹隘的地緣政治目標。”

這次襲擊令聖彼得堡的居民緊張不安。

當地區民阿納斯塔西婭說：“這個城市的氛圍很緊張。人們要靠步行，不清楚正在發生什麼事。公共交通疲於應對。我們感到恐懼。”

俄羅斯正在爲遇難者舉行爲期3天的哀悼。俄羅斯總統普京連夜赴聖彼得堡的爆炸地點附近，獻花弔唁。爆炸發生時，普京當時就在城中。克里姆林宮發言人迪米特里·佩斯科夫稱，爆炸時機“引人深思”。