Authorities Detain Dozens Of Suspected Terrorists In Chechnya

Security forces in Chechnya say they have arrested more than 60 Islamic State-linked militants over the past week, reports Tass (Russia). The area in southern Russia has a predominately Muslim population.

Russia's national guard and Chechnya's Interior Ministry "dismantled a large extremist network" in the North Caucasus, said a law enforcement source on Monday.

Members of the group were also arrested in Kabardino-Balkaria as they were trying to flee, said Ramzan Kadyrov,...