Russia detains 12 suspected terrorists using info provided by Tajikistan - Dushanbe
DUSHANBE. Nov 14 (Interfax) - The Tajik law enforcement authorities told Russia about the extremists plotting terror attacks in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Tajik Interior Ministry said.
Tajik Interior Ministry employees were the first to identify a local accomplice of the group who confessed and shared information about all members of the ring, it said. "Tajik law enforcers then conveyed the information to colleagues from the Russian Federal Security Service through inter-state cooperation channels," it said.
A Tajik citizen, a resident of Tursunzade, fought for ISIL (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in Syria and recruited his kin and other citizens of Central Asia to join the ranks of militants, the ministry said.
The extremist's brother, who was recruited and intended to go to Syria for terrorism purposes, was detained by the police of Tajikistan and Russia and brought back home.
"On the basis of evidence given by the detained citizen, I.J. (a brother of I.K.), and in the course of joint operations of police officers from the Republic of Tajikistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and Federal Security Service departments, 12 citizens of Central Asia who were plotting terror attacks in Russia and Central Asia were detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg," the report said.
The Federal Security Service public relations center said on Saturday that the activity of an inter-regional terrorist group plotting a series of terror attacks in Moscow and St. Petersburg had been stopped in Russia.
