The FSB said the use of terrorists Telegram to a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg
Moscow. June 26. INTERFAX.RU — Russia’s FSB says about the active use by terrorists and “their supervisors abroad” for communication of the messenger Telegram, including the terrorist attack in the subway of St. Petersburg April 3.
“During expeditious maintenance of investigation of the terrorist attack on 3 April this year in the metro of St. Petersburg FSB received accurate information about the use of the suicide bomber, his accomplices and foreign curator Telegram messenger to conceal their criminal intentions at all stages of organization and preparation of a terrorist act”, — stated in received by “Interfax” on Monday the message of the Center of public relations (TSOs) FSB of Russia.
The Department indicates that “in a course quickly-search actions for revealing of secret cells of international terrorist organizations recorded a total use of their members instant messengers for implementation of secret communication between themselves and their supervisors from abroad”.
“The most active members of international terrorist organizations on the territory of the Russian Federation used the messenger Telegram, giving the terrorists the ability to create secret chats with high level of encryption of information transmitted”, — declared in TSOs FSB.