FSB foils terrorist attack in Stavropol region

Russia's Federal Security Service has thwarted a plot to attack the Georgievsky municipal district government building in the Stavropol Territory, arresting a radicalized local resident, the FSB Public Relations Center said.

"The Federal Security Service uncovered the illegal activities of a 25-year-old resident of Georgievsk, who was involved in preparing a terrorist act," the statement reads.

According to the agency, the suspect initiated contact with a terrorist organization banned in Russia and joined its ranks to carry out an attack in its name.

The suspect scouted the planned attack site and later acquired components for an improvised explosive device. During a search of the suspect’s residence, materials for assembling an explosive device were seized.

A criminal case under Part 1 of Article 30 and Point ‘a’ of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code has been initiated. The court has ordered the suspect remanded in custody.