Two men suspected of the deadly bombing earlier this month in a Belarusian underground station will face terrorism charges and a potential death sentence

Two men suspected of the deadly bombing earlier this month in a Belarusian underground station will face terrorism charges and a potential death sentence, officials said Friday.
The men have confessed to carrying out the April 11 bombing in the capital Minsk, which killed 14 people and injured more than 200. The Belapan news agency reported that the crime is serious enough for the filing of terrorism charges.
The maximum punishment for terrorism is execution by a pistol shot to the neck.
The men, both residents of the central city Vitebsk, have admitted to carrying out two previous bombings, officials said, and all of the attacks were intended to destablize the country.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, a former collective farm boss who has ruled the country since 1996, launched a wide-ranging crackdown against potential opponents and critics in the wake of the April bombing.
He has called for a speedy trial and severe punishment for the accused bombers and their suspected accomplice, a woman.