Two more arrested over metro bombing
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April 15, 2011, Friday
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BELARUS yesterday announced two more arrests in this week's deadly subway bombing.
It brings to five the number of suspects arrested since Monday's blast, which killed 12 and injured more than 200. Authorities said on Wednesday that three suspects had been arrested, including a man in his mid-20s accused of placing the bomb on the platform of Minsk's busiest subway station.
Deputy Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said all five suspects were Belarusian citizens under the age of 30 without previous convictions.
He refused to release their identities, discuss what roles the other suspects played, or speculate on their motives.
President Alexander Lukashenko has suggested that the blast was the work of dissidents and has ordered the prosecutor general to round them up for interrogation.
"We have become united as never before, and the rare voices (of discord) we hear today, including in some mass media, are an echo of the past," Lukashenko said yesterday at a meeting with top Orthodox Church hierarchs.
Shved confirmed the interrogations had begun and more would be conducted, but there were no details.
Opposition activists worry the Internet could suffer unprecedented restrictions in the wake of the blast.
Prosecutor General Grigory Vasilevich said late Wednesday "it is necessary to bring order" to certain Internet portals that covered the bombing. State television yesterday lambasted opposition web sites that suggested the blast was useful for the authorities, saying they harmed the country's interests.
Belarus is going through a severe economic crisis, with hard currency reserves running critically low and a possible currency devaluation looming.
It brings to five the number of suspects arrested since Monday's blast, which killed 12 and injured more than 200. Authorities said on Wednesday that three suspects had been arrested, including a man in his mid-20s accused of placing the bomb on the platform of Minsk's busiest subway station.
Deputy Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said all five suspects were Belarusian citizens under the age of 30 without previous convictions.
He refused to release their identities, discuss what roles the other suspects played, or speculate on their motives.
President Alexander Lukashenko has suggested that the blast was the work of dissidents and has ordered the prosecutor general to round them up for interrogation.
"We have become united as never before, and the rare voices (of discord) we hear today, including in some mass media, are an echo of the past," Lukashenko said yesterday at a meeting with top Orthodox Church hierarchs.
Shved confirmed the interrogations had begun and more would be conducted, but there were no details.
Opposition activists worry the Internet could suffer unprecedented restrictions in the wake of the blast.
Prosecutor General Grigory Vasilevich said late Wednesday "it is necessary to bring order" to certain Internet portals that covered the bombing. State television yesterday lambasted opposition web sites that suggested the blast was useful for the authorities, saying they harmed the country's interests.
Belarus is going through a severe economic crisis, with hard currency reserves running critically low and a possible currency devaluation looming.
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