Russia has arrested at least seven ISIS supporters suspected of preparing New Year’s Eve terror attacks in Moscow.
Moscow’s FSB said today it had arrested the suspects in the North Caucasus province of Dagestan.
“Russian FSB officers, in cooperation with the Russian Interior Ministry in Dagestan stopped the activity of a clandestine group of supporters of… the Islamic State… who planned to commit in the Moscow Region a series of high-profile terrorist acts. Seven people were detained,” the FSB said.
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The FSB said the suspects were preparing attacks with automatic weapons and explosives in crowded places in the Russian capital.
Islamist insurgents in Dagestan have mounted frequent attacks on police and officials.
