Moscow (agencies)
Yesterday, Russian security services announced that they had killed militants from the terrorist organization ISIS who were planning an attack on a synagogue in Moscow, according to Russian official news agencies.
The Federal Security Service said that “an ISIS cell in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, was planning to shoot Jews in a synagogue in the capital.”
The TASS news agency quoted the security service as saying in a statement: “During their arrest, the terrorists displayed armed resistance to the Russian FSB officers, and as a result they were neutralized by gunfire in return.”
The statement added: “Firearms and ammunition, in addition to components for manufacturing explosive devices, were found and seized.”
Earlier this month, the Federal Security Service announced the killing of 6 people suspected of belonging to ISIS in the southern province of Ingushetia.
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