Russian teenager planted a bomb on a railway after searching for communication on the Internet

In Bryansk, a 17-year-old teenager tried to blow up a railway after communicating with a girl in a dating chat. TASS reports this.

In April, the teenager met a girl on the Internet, and they began communicating. The new friend talked a lot about herself and sent personal photographs. At some point, she sent the guy a link, following which he ended up on a site similar to “State Services”.

After this, the correspondence with the girl was deleted, and the young man received a call on his phone from a certain Anna, who introduced herself as a security specialist using personal information. She extracted personal data and family information from the teenager, and then stated that in order to prevent a leak, it would be necessary to complete tasks.

On May 2, the young man, acting as a courier, went to Bryansk, where he found a cache with a backpack, assembled an improvised explosive device and went to the railway at night. There he placed a bomb on the rails and tried to activate it remotely, but he was unable to do so. It is reported that all this time the young man thought that he was helping the investigation to catch dangerous criminals.

The young man is in custody on charges of attempted sabotage. He is cooperating with the investigation.