The FSB prevented a double terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk, planned by Kyiv
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- The Russian FSB reported the prevention of a double terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk, directed against law enforcement officers.
- Two Russian women were detained, one of whom was found to have an explosive device.
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In Pyatigorsk, a double terrorist attack against law enforcement officers, planned by the Ukrainian special services, was prevented.
Two Russian citizens were detained; one of them had a homemade explosive device in her backpack.
The investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Stavropol Territory have opened criminal cases under articles of attempted terrorism, illegal transportation of ammunition and illegal production of explosive devices.
MOSCOW, June 23 - RIA Novosti. In Pyatigorsk, a double terrorist attack against law enforcement officers planned by the Ukrainian special services was prevented, two Russian women were detained, the Russian FSB reported.
“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, on the territory of the Stavropol Territory, thwarted an attempt by the Ukrainian special services to commit a double terrorist act against Russian law enforcement officers,” the statement says.
The FSB revealed the details. “Thanks to effective anti-terrorist security measures, a Russian citizen born in 2006 was detained on the approach to one of the buildings of the law enforcement agencies of the city of Pyatigorsk. A homemade explosive device with a capacity of about 2 kg of TNT was found in her backpack, which was placed in a safe place, after which detonation occurred,” the report notes. It is emphasized that there were no casualties among law enforcement officers and civilians.
Increased security measures were immediately introduced in the area of the incident and operational measures were organized to search for possible accomplices in the crime, the FSB added.
“As a result, at the same time, near the target of the terrorist attack, a Russian citizen, born in 1979, was identified and detained, who intended, on the instructions of Ukrainian curators, to deliver a similar device to the site of the first explosion while the investigative team was working,” the report says. The homemade explosive device that was with this woman was defused by FSB explosives specialists.
It is noted that the investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory have opened criminal cases under articles of attempted terrorist attack, illegal transportation of ammunition and illegal production of explosive devices.
