FSB prevents large-scale terrorist attack in Moscow: ISIS leaders planned to kill Russian Defense Ministry officer

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation announced that it had prevented a large-scale terrorist attack in Moscow aimed at killing a high-ranking officer of the Russian Defense Ministry. According to the security service, the crime was organized in collaboration with leaders of the international terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS), indicating an unprecedented level of threat and coordination.

According to BAKU.WS, citing the Public Relations Center (PRC), three Russian citizens "involved in covering up traces of the planned crime" and a native of Central Asia "who was the direct perpetrator of the terrorist act" were detained in Moscow.

"The crime was planned to be committed in a socially dangerous manner in one of the densely populated areas of the capital. According to experts, the power of the IED manufactured by the terrorists was sufficient to cause continuous casualties within a radius of up to 70 meters," the FSB said.

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