The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained members of a terrorist group who have been plotting suicide bomber attacks in Moscow.
According to the FSB, the terrorist attacks were being prepared under the guidance of a ISIL emissary from Syria.
In the course of an initial investigation it was established that “terrorist attacks’ plots were organized by the leaders and emissaries of ISIL terrorist group in Syria.”
Those detained plotted terrorist attacks on Moscow’s transport infrastructure and large marketplaces, the FSB said.
“Members of the terrorist group were detained, including the curator of the preparation of the crime — an emissary of ISIL, an explosive device maker and two would-be suicide bombers.”
“The actions of a terrorist group which intended to carry out a series of terrorist attacks in crowded places, including on transport objects and large shopping areas of Moscow with the use of terrorist suicide attackers and powerful explosives were foiled in the Moscow region.”
A laboratory for the production of explosives, IEDs have been found and neutralized on Moscow’s outskirts during a special operation.
The group of terrorists detained in the Moscow region comprises 3 nationals of Central Asian states and 1 Russian national.
Source: Sputnik
