Russia: Threats, Alleged Torture in Bombing Case

Expand Mourners place flowers at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station in St. Petersburg to commemorate victims of the April 3, 2017 suicide bombing on a subway train. The attack killed 16 people and injured 50 others.   © 2017 Alexander Petrosyan/Kommersant Getty Images. UPDATE: On December 14, 2017, at around 7 a.m., police detained Akhral Azimov, the father of two St. Petersburg bombing suspects Akram and Abor Azimov, and took him to the Kuntsevsky district police station in Moscow. The reason for his detention and his current fate are unknown. His family members expressed concern…

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