Russia Says Daesh Attack in Moscow Region Foiled

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday it had prevented terror attacks planned by a Daesh affiliate group in the Moscow region.

"Russia's FSB has thwarted activities of a cross-regional Daesh cell, participants of which intended to conduct subversive terror attacks in the Moscow region," the FSB said in a press release.

Security officers have detained one person, who is a citizen of a Central Asian country, in the Vladimir region, and seized a home-made bomb, Zinhua reported.

The FSB said that an improvised explosive device filled with destructive agents and some other data-x-items and documents were retrieved.