MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. The Federal Security Service (FSB) has successfully thwarted a planned terrorist attack in the Stavropol Territory. According to the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC), authorities uncovered a plot to detonate an explosive device near a security agency facility in Pyatigorsk, involving a German citizen.
- The thwarted attack was orchestrated by the Kiev regime targeting a law enforcement installation.
- Using advanced electronic warfare equipment, FSB officers detected and intercepted an explosive device concealed in a backpack carried by a German national born in 1969. Upon detention and inspection, experts confirmed the device contained approximately 1.5 kg of TNT-equivalent explosive and was armed with shrapnel, designed to cause maximum harm.
- A second suspect, a citizen of a Central Asian country born in 1997, was identified as a supporter of radical ideology. He was intended to remotely detonate the bomb, with the female carrier expected to die instantly upon activation.
- The attack was timed for the morning hours, aiming to inflict significant casualties among law enforcement personnel.
