TEHRAN – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) stopped the activities ofsix members of a Daesh cell in the Moscow region, the FSB said in astatement.
‘The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, jointly withRussia’s Interior Ministry… conducted manhunt and investigative activitiesin the Moscow region to stop illegal activities of six members of anorganized, deeply secret cell of the Islamic State international terroristorganization,’ it said, adding that the detained militants planned to carryout terror attacks in Moscow using firearms and improvised explosivedevices, according to Sputnik news agency.
‘The terrorist cell was managed by emissaries in the Syrian Arab Republic —natives of the Central Asian region,’ the FSB said.
It said automatic weapons, reports on terror attack plans, money andinstructions on how to make improvised explosive devices were seized fromthe militants.
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The Russian Federal Security Service thwarted almost 30 terrorism-relatedactivities, including 15 terrorist attacks, over the nine months of thisyear.
In 2017, these numbers included 61 terrorist-related activities, including18 major terrorist attacks, and 56 terrorist cells disbanded. – IRNA
