UPDATE 2 - Death toll from St. Petersburg metro blast rises to 14

UPDATES WITH ATTACKER'S IDENTITY, EDITS THROUGHOUT

By Diyar Guldogan

ANKARA (AA) - Akbarzhon Jalilov , a 22-year-old Kyrgyz national, has been identified as the man behind Monday's metro blast in St. Petersburg which has claimed at least 14 lives, Russian media said Tuesday.

"The man's name is Akbarzhon Jalilov. He was born in 1995," Svetlana Petrenko, the spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, was quoted as saying by the Russian news agency TASS.

Petrenko had earlier said that the bomb could have been detonated by a man, whose remains were found in the third car of the train, and that his identity had been established. She had however refrained from disclosing the name pending investigation.

Kyrgyz media had reported earlier on Tuesday that Djalilov, a 22-year-old male originally from Kyrgyzstan's Osh region, had been identified as the suspected culprit by Kyrgyz intelligence.

Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said the blast killed 11 people at the scene, while three others died later of their injuries, according to TASS. She also said 49 people had been hospitalized.

According to Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee, Monday’s blast tore through a train at 2.40 p.m. local time (1140GMT) as it was traveling between Sennaya Ploshchad and Technological Institute stations.

The Russian Investigative Committee later described the explosion as a "terrorist attack”.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday special services would analyze the explosion which coincided with President Vladimir Putin's visit to St. Petersburg.

"The fact that the terrorist act was committed at a time when the head of the state was in the city makes us think," Peskov was quoted as saying by TASS.

Peskov added any terrorist attack in Russia was a "challenge" for all Russians including Putin.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said terrorism and terrorists had no nationality.

"Terrorism is a crime against humanity and against all religions, without exception," Lavrov said at a news conference with his Kyrgyz counterpart Erlan Abdyldaev in Moscow.

Lavrov also commented on the media reports claiming that Monday's explosion was a "revenge" of Russia's policy in Syria, calling it "cynical". He called on the media to act responsibly.

Following the attack, Russia declared a three-day mourning starting Tuesday.