The National Anti-terrorist Committee reported on the elimination in Yekaterinburg of supporters of the international terrorist organization "Islamic state" (outlawed in the Russian Federation), who prepared a number of crimes.
"According to the data available in the operational headquarters of the NAC, the criminals were supporters of the international terrorist organization ISIL and were preparing to commit terrorist crimes," the report says, in particular.
The operation to neutralize the terrorist cell took place last night.
According to the NAC, a private one-story house on the territory of the Chkalovsky district of Yekaterinburg, with three bandits, was blocked, and residents of nearby houses were evacuated. On the offer to surrender to the authorities, the bandits opened fire.
"They were neutralized by the special forces of the FSB of Russia. Ready-to-use IEDs, weapons and ammunition were found at the place of the shooting. There were no injuries among the civilian population and no losses among the law enforcement forces. The necessary operational search measures and investigative actions are being carried out in the area," the NAC reported.
Earlier it was reported that in 2020 it was possible to prevent several attacks on the territory of Russia. In January, a resident of Crimea was detained. He created caches with explosives on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services.
In February, the FSB reported on the suppression of the preparation of terrorist attacks in two educational institutions in Kerch.
In March, the security services neutralized a terrorist in Bashkiria, three militants in Kabardino-Balkaria, and detained a man who was preparing an attack in Krasnodar.
In April, the FSB prevented terrorist attacks in Stavropol, Yugra, Murmansk and Crimea. Last week, an attack on an educational institution in the Tyumen region was suspended.
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