MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. Police and the Federal Security Service (FSB) have identified two teenagers in the Moscow Region who are suspected of plotting school attacks, a law enforcement official told TASS.

"Anti-extremism police and FSB officers have carried out an operation, identifying two teenagers from Kraskovo settlement who learned about the ideology of mass murders in schools from YouTube videos. The teenagers said they had discussed the possibility of carrying out attacks on educational facilities in the Moscow Region, using cold-steel weapons and firearms," the official said.

According to him, one of the teenagers is a tenth grader and the other is a first-year student. "Two homemade items resembling firearms were seized from the teenagers, as well as nine firecrackers filled with metal bullets, tactical gloves, a black cloak and a white T-shirt reading ‘Natural Selection’ (in English)," the law enforcement official added.

A probe into the teenagers has been launched. "Their actions may fall under Articles 30.1, 105.2, 222.1 and 223.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (attempted murder of two or more people in a generally dangerous manner, arms trafficking and illegal manufacture of weapons)," the official explained.