War on terror

Terrorist suspects detained in Moscow trained at Islamic State camps in Syria — FSB

The suspects of plotting a terrorist attack in Moscow were trained at Islamic State camps in Syria, a spokesman of the Russian Security Service (FSB, former KGB) said on Monday.

Some of them "arrived in Russia long before the start of the Russian military operation in Syria," the spokesman said.

Suspects detained in Moscow have planned terrorist attacks on public transport in the Russian capital, he added. "During questioning of two suspects, it became clear that they planned to stage terrorist attacks on Moscow’s public transport. Gang ringleaders supplied them with financial resources and components of SVU sniper rifles," FSB said.