St Petersburg market bomber arrested

The perpetrator of the bomb attack which tore through a Saint Petersburg supermarket wounding 18 people was arrested yesterday, a Russian news agency reported. "The organiser and direct perpetrator who triggered an improvised explosive device on December 27 in a supermarket in Saint Petersburg was arrested during a special operation by the FSB", the security services said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Friday for the bomb attack that left 14 people injured.