The explosion on 16 March killed 58 people and left scores of others injured and homeless.
Arkhangelsk police chief Vladimir Lobanov said a 26-year-old resident of the city, recently dismissed from his job as a utility worker, was taken into custody in connection with the apartment explosion.
Lobanov said the former employee had twice been fired and failed to be reinstated, and alleged that the man apparently sought revenge.
Investigators discovered that a gas cap in the building that blew up had been removed and that caps on valves in neighboring buildings had also been taken on the night of the explosion.
(AP)
Arkhangelsk police chief Vladimir Lobanov said a 26-year-old resident of the city, recently dismissed from his job as a utility worker, was taken into custody in connection with the apartment explosion.
Lobanov said the former employee had twice been fired and failed to be reinstated, and alleged that the man apparently sought revenge.
Investigators discovered that a gas cap in the building that blew up had been removed and that caps on valves in neighboring buildings had also been taken on the night of the explosion.
(AP)
