Russias Federal Security Service (FSB)stated Friday that it detained a potential female bomber believed of plotting a Victory Day attack on police officers in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.The 28-year-old Russian person was described as a advocate of a worldwide terrorist organization banned in Russia, the FSB said in a statement, without defining which organization.The FSB said authorities seized explosive products and electronic devices including correspondence with a member of the terrorist group throughout searches of her home.The lady was presumably preparing to detonate an improvised explosive device in Dagestans Khasavyurtovsky district, which next-door neighbors the republic of Chechnya to the west.The state-run TASS news agencyshareda video of the lady appearing to admit to being instructed to photo buildings and purchase explosive elements by an individual called Abdullah, whom she met in an Islamic group on the Telegram messaging app.
I was either to plant [the explosive gadget] or blow myself up, she said.She said she had been advised to perform the attack on May 9, when Russia holds nationwide celebrations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.It was not right away possible to validate the FSBs claims, and it remains uncertain whether the female was speaking under duress.The FSB did not say if the detainee had actually been officially charged.The company frequently announces that it has actually warded off tried terrorist attacks.Female suicide bombers called black widows were behind 2 dozen suicide bombings in Russian cities and aboard trains and airplanes in the early 2000s.
All were connected to an Islamic insurgency that spread throughout Dagestan and the broader North Caucasus region after Moscow combated two wars versus separatists in surrounding Chechnya.