Russian safety providers stated Sunday (Mar. 31) they detained three males linked to the March 22, assault on Moscow.
The nation’s anti-terrorist committee stated the suspects had been arrested throughout raids within the state of Dagestan, situated within the Russian federation’s southwest.
The raids had been carried out within the Dagestan’s capital Makhachkala and town of Kaspiyisk.
The FSB launched a video exhibiting one of many suspects saying that additionally they deliberate an assault in Kaspiysk.
“The detained militants straight participated in financing the perpetrators of the March 22 terror assault on the Crocus Metropolis Corridor in Moscow and offering them with terror means,” the FSB stated in an announcement.
It stated one of many suspects detained in Dagestan had confessed to personally bringing weapons to the Moscow attackers.
State information company Tass reported that “the criminals scouted the situation, made an improvised explosive gadget and bought computerized weapons” in Dagestan. Instantly after the terrorist assault, they deliberate to depart Russia.
Weapons and ammunition had been discovered at their flats.
There have been no casualties in the course of the raid, the governor of Dagestan stated within the assertion on Telegram.
Sergey Melikov added that suspects had been discovered and detained after safety measures within the area had been enhanced following the ATTACK on a suburban Moscow live performance corridor that killed 144 individuals.