ST. PETERSBURG, January 22 (RAPSI) – A defendant in a criminal case over terror attack in a St. Petersburg supermarket that left 18 persons injured, Dmitry Lukyanenko, has appealed his detention, RAPSI learnt in the Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Monday.

On December 31, the court put Lukyanenko in detention until February 28.

On December 27, an explosion occurred in a St. Petersburg supermarket. According to investigators, the defendant put a homemade explosive was placed in the supermarket’s storage chamber. He admitted guilt during interrogation and said that his motive was hatred he felt for organizers and adepts of psychological training sessions that he had visited beforehand.

Earlier, investigators stated that the defendant was under supervision in a psychoneurological center from the age of 19.

According to information provided by the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, all 18 victims were released from hospitals.