Twelve individuals accused of planning a large-scale terrorist attack have been detained in Russia’s southern Dagestan Republic, local media reported Saturday.
Law enforcement officers seized two improvised explosive devices, a ton of ammonium nitrate, as well as weapons and ammunition during searches of the suspects’ homes, according to a statement from the local security service cited by Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency. The suspects have confessed to the planned attack, the statement said.
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