Russian Federal Security Service foiled Islamic State terror attack on law enforcement officers in north Caucasus

Russian Federal Security Service foiled Islamic State terror attack on law enforcement officers in north Caucasus

A terror attack was prevented in Russia’s Karachay-Cherkess Republic, where a local supporter of the Islamic State planned to blow up law enforcement officers, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on 1 October.

“The Russian Federation’s FSB has prevented a terror attack against law enforcement officers in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic”, the FSB said in a statement.

A local resident, born in 2001, who planned to carry out the attack at the behest of Daesh militants, has been detained. Components for manufacturing an improvised explosive device were seized from him.

“The detainee made confessions”, the FSB added.

Source: Sputnik News