MOSCOW, April 10 (RAPSI, Oleg Sivozhelezov) - Sodik Ortikov, suspected of being involved in the terror attack in St. Petersburg metro, has appealed against his detention, spokesperson of Moscow’s Basmanny District Court Yunona Tsareva told RAPSI on Monday.

On Friday, the court ruled to detain Sodik Ortikov, 38, a citizen of Tajikistan living in the Moscow Region, until June 3.

Ortikov, suspected of involvement in terrorist activities and illegal trafficking explosives, pleaded not guilty claiming that a handgun, handgun ammunition and explosives found at the place of his living did not belong to him.

However, the court held that alleged suicide bomber Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, born in 1995, made telephone calls to an unidentified person, who in turn was in contact with Ortikov.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee’s press-service announced that several suspects were arrested in relation to the blast in St. Petersburg metro: Seyfull Khakimov, Ibragibzhon Yermatov, Dilmurod Miudinov, Bakhram Yergashev, Azamzhon Makhmudov, Makhamadyusuf Mirzaalimov, Shokhista Karimova and Sodik Ortikov. Six people were arrested in St. Petersburg; two others were arrested in Moscow.

According to investigators, explosive device identical to one found at St. Petersburg’s Ploshad Vosstaniya metro station as well as handguns and ammunition were found at suspects’ places of residence.

All arrested suspects were put in detention on April 7.

On April 3, at around 2:40 PM Moscow time, an unknown device exploded in a train between St. Petersburg metro stations Technological Institute and Sennaya Ploshchad. According to the most recent information, 14 people died in the blast, over 50 were wounded.