Russian Federation claims to have foiled Moscow terror attack

Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee has reported detaining a group of people suspected of plotting a bomb attack in Moscow. Russia’s counterterrorism agency says it has raided a Moscow apartment and arrested a group of people who were preparing to carry out an attack in the capital.

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said yesterday it had detained around 10 people caught with bomb-making equipment and an improvised explosive device.

News agencies are awaiting official confirmation of the information.

Putin said in a television interview broadcast on Russian state television earlier on October 11 that the threat of terrorism in Russia “had already existed” before Moscow began bombing targets in Syria on September 30.

“At least three of the ten detainees come from Syria”, he said.

“In the flat, where the gunmen were hiding out, a self-made explosive device has been found and defused,” Mr Chatskiy said in a statement.

Russian Federation says 2,400 of its citizens have joined Islamic State, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria.

The Kremlin said on Monday that the heads of the former Soviet states holding a summit in Kazakhstan on Friday would endorse the creation of a joint task force to defend their external borders.