Two more people have been arrested over the deadly subway bombingin Belarus as fears grew among opponents of authoritarian PresidentAlexander Lukashenko that he is using it to strengthen his grip onpower.
It brings to five the number of suspects arrested since Monday'sblast, which killed 12 people and injured more than 200.
Three suspects were arrested earlier, including a man in his mid-20s accused of placing the bomb on the platform of Minsk's busiestsubway station.
Announcing the new arrests yesterday, deputy prosecutor-generalAndrei Shved said all five suspects were Belarussian citizens underthe age of 30 without previous convictions.
He refused to release their identities, discuss what roles theother suspects played, or speculate on their motives.
Lukashenko has already suggested that the blast was the work ofdissidents and has ordered the prosecutor-general to round them upfor interrogation.
Opposition activists worry the internet, the last pillar of freespeech in the tightly controlled nation, could suffer unprecedentedrestrictions in the wake of the blast.
Prosecutor-general Grigory Vasilevich said "it is necessary tobring order" to certain internet portals that covered the bombing.
State television has lambasted opposition websites that suggestedthe blast was useful for the authorities, saying they harmed thecountry's interests.
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