FSB announced the prevention of a terrorist attack in the Leningrad region
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The regional department of the FSB in the Leningrad region announced the prevention of a terrorist attack at the facility of the Ministry of Defense, transmits RIA Novosti agency. It is specified that three people were detained.
“The Russian FSB Directorate for the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region prevented a terrorist act at one of the military facilities in the Leningrad Region. Three residents of the city of Vyborg were detained,” the statement said.
According to the department, a group of residents of Vyborg “prepared to set fire to an administrative building”, which belongs to the Ministry of Defense. In relation to the incident, a criminal case was initiated under two articles – an attempted crime and an act of terrorism. If found guilty, the detainees face up to 20 years in prison under the article on a terrorist act.
It is assumed that these are not the only participants, other people may be involved in the preparation of the attack, the FSB noted. Possible accomplices are being identified.
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