The Federal Security Service in Yekaterinburg has prevented a terrorist act, the suspect has been taken into custody, the press service of the regional FSB department said
According to the special service, the 47-year-old Russian citizen was planning an attack on an administrative facility in the Kirovsky district of Ekaterinburg. He was detained as a result of a joint special operation by the Russian Federal Security Service in the Sverdlovsk region and the military counterintelligence service.
The detainee turned out to be a supporter of terrorist and extremist organizations and movements. He planned to sow panic and destabilize the work of regional and municipal authorities by his act of terrorism.
A criminal case was opened under article “Preparing to commit a terrorist act”. Five improvised incendiary devices were found in the suspect’s possession during a search.