Attack alert in Moscow, 'teenager arrested for posting threats on TikTok'

As part of a US-led investigation into an alleged terrorist attack in Moscow, the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained a teenager who had posted a video on TikTok in which he threatened to commit a crime in Tsaritsyno Park. This was announced by the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB, quoted by the Tass agency.

"The Federal Security Service, together with the Russian National Guard, the Ministry of the Interior and the Russian Investigative Committee - we read - conducted an investigation into information received from US law enforcement agencies regarding the preparation of a terrorist attack in Moscow, near the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve. Following these investigations, a minor of Russian nationality was arrested.

He had published photos on TikTok showing himself wearing tactical gear, a balaclava, cap, glasses and headphones, while holding an object similar to an automatic weapon, as well as photos taken inside the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, with the caption: 'I found a place'."

During a search of the teenager's home, clothing and accessories were found. “The communications revealed a TikTok account used to post threats, a subscription to a neo-Nazi channel on Telegram and a significant number of searches relating to terrorist attacks, massacres and other violent events,” the FSB reported. The FSB reported that while it investigated information received regarding the United States, cultural events scheduled at the museum-reserve were canceled in the interest of public safety and security measures in the surrounding area were strengthened. "We are grateful to the American side for the information provided," concluded the FSB.