The Russian Federal Security Service prevented an act of terrorism in Moscow by detaining a Russian who was planning to detonate an explosive device in crowded places, the Russian Federal Security Service's Center for Public Relations (CPR) told TASS on Thursday.
"The Federal Security Service prevented a terrorist act on the territory of Moscow. As a result of the measures carried out in Moscow, a Russian citizen who planned to organize a terrorist act in July by detonating an improvised explosive device in crowded places was detained," the CPR reported.
FSB officers found components of an improvised explosive device in the terrorist's cache, and instructions for its manufacture and correspondence with members of international terrorist organizations located in Syria were found in the communication equipment used.
"The Investigative Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia has opened a criminal case," the FSB reported. Now the investigative measures are continuing. The FSB did not disclose the identity of the detainee in the interests of the investigation.
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Based on materials from TASS