FSB Foils Terror Plot in Kabardino-Balkaria, Detains Eight
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- Russia's FSB and National Guard arrested eight suspected terrorists in Kabardino-Balkaria.
- They allegedly planned armed attacks on law enforcement to seize weapons and swore allegiance to an international terrorist organization.
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Why It Matters
The FSB, Russia's main security agency, has a history of counter-terrorism operations. Kabardino-Balkaria has previously seen extremist activity.
MOSCOW, July 7. /TASS/. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), jointly with the National Guard of Russia, have apprehended eight members of a terrorist cell in Kabardino-Balkaria for plotting armed attacks on law enforcement officers to seize their weapons, the FSB said.
"The unlawful activity of eight members of a clandestine cell of an international terrorist organization, outlawed in Russia, that was active in the Baksan Municipality of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, has been foiled," the FSB reported. According to it, members of the cell swore allegiance to an emissary of the international terrorist organization and planned attacks on police buildings in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic with a view to seizing weapons from them before going underground.
The leader and members of the terrorist cell were detained as 10 units of rifled and smooth-bore weapons, 500 cartridges, 5 kg of gunpowder, 12 improvised Molotov cocktails and components for making them, 18 knives, three Motorola radios, medicines, and gear for hiking in mountains and forests as well as food were seized from their places of residence and an outfitted hideout, the FSB added. The FSB’s investigative department in Kabardino-Balkaria has opened criminal cases that may result in life behind bars.
The detainees have been placed into custody, and an investigation is underway.
Open Questions
- What is the specific international terrorist organization?
- What was the timeline for the planned attacks?
- What is the extent of the network?
