Three Syrian terrorists detained in Moscow

At least three of the ten detainees on suspicion of involvement in the preparation of a terrorist attack in Moscow come from Syria, Interfax cited a source in law enforcement agencies as saying.

The National Anti-terrorist Committee said that security officers had detained a group of persons in Strelbishchensky Lane in the Moscow Central Administrative District on suspicion of preparing a terror attack. An explosive device equivalent to about five kilograms of TNT was seized from the suspects.