Published: 15:15, November 25, 2020 | Updated: 10:10, June 5, 2023
Russia says it thwarted Islamic State attacks in Moscow region
By Reuters

In this undated file photo, police officers patrol Red Square in Moscow, with St. Basil's Cathedral, left, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, in the background. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO / AP)

MOSCOW - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Wednesday it had prevented terror attacks planned by an Islamic State group in the Moscow region.

"Russia's FSB has thwarted activities of a cross-regional IS cell, participants of which intended to conduct subversive terror attacks in the Moscow region," the FSB said in a press release.

Security officers have detained one person, who is a citizen of a Central Asian country, in the Vladimir region, and seized a home-made bomb

The FSB said that an improvised explosive device filled with destructive agents and some other items and documents were retrieved.

An investigation is underway.

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