MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented terrorist attacks on Jewish religious sites in the Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol Regions that were being planned by members of an international terrorist organization, the FSB press office told TASS.
"The Federal Security Service has stopped terrorist attacks on Jewish religious sites in the Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol Regions, which were orchestrated by supporters of an international terrorist organization banned in Russia," the press office said.
"In Krasnoyarsk, two individuals from a Central Asian country were apprehended for preparing to detonate a homemade explosive device at the city synagogue," the press office noted. "In Pyatigorsk, a Russian citizen was arrested for planning to set fire to the building of the Jewish religious community using bottles filled with a flammable substance. Two knives and communication devices containing correspondence with a foreign coordinator of criminal content on the Telegram messenger were also seized from him," the FSB noted.
In Krasnoyarsk, components for making explosives and striking elements were seized from a terrorist cache in an abandoned building. Criminal cases have been initiated.
