13 April, Minsk /Vladimir Matveev - BELTA/. The terrorist attack in the Minsk metro has been solved, and the perpetrators have been apprehended. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced this today at a meeting on the progress of the investigation into the metro terrorist attack, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. "Today at 5 a.m. the crime was solved. It took the security services and the police only 24 hours to conduct a brilliant operation yesterday at 9 p.m. and apprehend the perpetrators without any noise, shots, or fuss. Today at 5 a.m. they gave their testimony. Most importantly, we now know who committed this terrorist act and how. It is not yet known why, but that will soon become clear, and that is our main task today," said the Head of State. The President noted that he is extremely grateful to the employees of the KGB, the police, the prosecutor's office, and all law enforcement agencies for their prompt work. "Analysts, investigators, and experts, having established a clear chronology of the crime, processed a huge amount of audio and video materials and, to my particular delight, without leaving their offices, so to speak, identified these villains," said the Belarusian leader. "And then the active phase of the operation to apprehend them began." "This is worthy of a civilized nation when people fight the most complex crimes primarily with their intellect. This is important to me as President," emphasized Alexander Lukashenko.-0-

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