MOSCOW, April 13. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) apprehended a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) international terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) in the Stavropol Region who plotted a terror attack on a transport infrastructure facility, the FSB press office told TASS on Wednesday.
"The Federal Security Service uncovered and foiled on the territory of the Stavropol Region the activity of a local resident and a supporter of the Islamic State international terrorist organization who plotted on an instruction from IS foreign emissaries a terror act at one of the region’s transport infrastructure facilities," the press office said.
The suspect was apprehended while plotting the terror attack, the FSB specified.
When inspecting the scene, FSB operatives found and seized explosive substances and striking elements acquired for making an improvised explosive. Investigators have opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205 of Russia’s Criminal Code ("Attempt of a Terror Act’), the FSB press office said.