MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. Agents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained three plotters of the prevented terrorist act against a high-ranking security official near a business center in Moscow on April 2.
The detainees are a Ukrainian serviceman sent to Moscow by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a Moldovan citizen, and a Russian citizen, the FSB press office reported.
"As a result of a search for those involved in the foiled attack <…> were detained: a Ukrainian citizen born in 1980, a Moldovan citizen born in 1991, and a Russian citizen born in 2009," the press office stated.
"The Ukrainian citizen is a Ukrainian armed forces serviceman who fought against Russian forces in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Zaporozhye, and Sumy regions. In March of last year, he was recruited by the SBU and sent to Moscow to conduct reconnaissance and to carry out the assassination of a military serviceman," the press office stated.
On his handler's command, the Ukrainian citizen removed bomb components from a cache, assembled an improvised explosive device (IED) with shrapnel, placed it in an electric scooter's trunk, and delivered it to the location near a business center in Moscow for remote detonation.
