MOSCOW - Russian authorities have foiled a terror attack plot and "neutralized" one man, local media reported Monday, citing the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

The service tried to arrest one Russian citizen who had conducted reconnaissance and purchased components to make explosive devices to blast a religious Jewish institution in the Moscow region and the capital's metro facility, the FSB said in a statement.

"During the arrest, the criminal offered armed resistance to the officers of the FSB of Russia and as a result was neutralized by return fire," it said.

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The suspect, a native from a Central Asian country, planned to go to Afghanistan after committing the attacks and join an international terrorist organization, said the FSB.