Russia's National Anti-terrorist Committee said it had foiled a terror attack in Moscow and detained a group of suspects, the TASS news agency reported Sunday.
A self-made explosive device was found and now rendered harmless in a residential house, a spokesman of the committee said.
The suspects were detained in the apartment in Strelbishchenky Pereulok in Moscow's central administrative district, the spokesman added.
According to preliminary estimates, the bomb's explosive yield might exceed four kilograms of TNT, TASS reported, quoting an unnamed source.
The source added that more than 120 residents in the area have been evacuated, and gas supplies have been cut off to prevent a possible explosion.
Police are now patrolling the area.
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12/10/15
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A self-made explosive device was found and now rendered harmless in a residential house, a spokesman of the committee said.
The suspects were detained in the apartment in Strelbishchenky Pereulok in Moscow's central administrative district, the spokesman added.
According to preliminary estimates, the bomb's explosive yield might exceed four kilograms of TNT, TASS reported, quoting an unnamed source.
The source added that more than 120 residents in the area have been evacuated, and gas supplies have been cut off to prevent a possible explosion.
Police are now patrolling the area.
Xinhua -china.org.cn
12/10/15
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Arrested Bombers Plotted Attack on Moscow Metro, Airports...
ReplyDeleteThree people were detained on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack in Moscow, a law enforcement source said on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said an improvised explosive device was located and defused in an apartment in downtown Moscow, where the arrested were hiding.
The arrests were made after a neighbor alerted police.
Russian news agencies, citing law enforcement sources, said more than 100 residents in the building were evacuated during the raid and supplies of natural gas were cut off during the operation.
Ten other active members of the terrorist group were detained later in the day.
According to a representative of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, the detained planned to blow up their explosive device either in the metro or at one of Moscow’s airports.
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