One arrested after threats of violence in Moscow

The warning about the attack came from the US Embassy in Moscow.

The embassy said it had received a "credible threat" of what it described as a "mask attack" on Tsaritsyno Park in southern Moscow on Saturday. There is also a palace and an open-air museum in the area.

At the same time, Russia's security service FSB announced that it had received information from the United States about preparations for a terrorist attack in the capital

Minor boy arrested

Now the FSB announces that a minor Russian boy has been arrested after threatening to carry out an attack in the park area.

According to the security service, the boy should have posted pictures of himself on Tiktok wearing a robber's hat and with what looks like an automatic weapon in his hand. He is also said to have posted pictures of the Tsaritsyno park with the text "I have found a place".

Russia thanks the US

Following the American tip, Tsaritsyno was evacuated in connection with a concert in the park area on Saturday. Now the Russian security service is thanking the United States.

"We are grateful to the American side for providing the information," writes the FSB in a statement according to Reuters.