The FSB has detained group of terrorists preparing explosions in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Immigrants from Central Asia were planning attacks in places of a mass congestion of people. Now they give grateful evidences on contacts with the leaders of the “Islamic state”.
MOSCOW, 12 Nov — RIA Novosti. FSB stopped the activities of an interregional terrorist group that planned attacks in places of a mass congestion of people in Moscow and St. Petersburg with the use of machines and explosives.
“As a result of 12 Nov operational-search measures and investigative actions in Moscow and St. Petersburg detained 10 terrorists,” the report says.
The group consisted of immigrants from Central Asia, said the Agency. They seized 4 improvised explosive device of great power, firearms, ammunition and communications equipment.
Detainees give a confession about contacts with the leaders of the international terrorist grouping “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), aims and accomplices.