MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers have foiled a terrorist attack in Moscow targeting a high-ranking Russian Defense Ministry official that was allegedly being organized under the direction of Ukrainian special services, the FSB press service told TASS.
According to the agency, four suspects connected to the plot have been detained, including a native of a Central Asian country.
"The FSB has prevented a sabotage and terrorist act against one of the senior officers of the Russian Defense Ministry, organized by Ukrainian special services in coordination with leaders of the international terrorist organization Islamic State (banned as a terrorist organization in Russia)," the press service said.
The attack was reportedly planned to be carried out "by a publicly dangerous method" in one of Moscow’s densely populated districts. Experts estimate that the power of the improvised explosive device (IED) assembled by the suspects could have created a continuous damage zone extending up to 70 meters. As a result of the operation, three Russian nationals accused of concealing traces of the planned crime and a Central Asian native identified as the direct perpetrator were detained in Moscow, the FSB reported.
