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FSB Arrests 7 Central Asians For Plotting Attacks In St. Petersburg

July 28 2017

Russia

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced the arrests of seven suspects from Central Asia plotting terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg, reported Tass.

The suspects were picked up Friday for planning terror attacks against St. Petersburg's railway transport and public places, said the FSB.

The location of the arrests was not specified.

Russian officials said Thursday that security forces have prevented 12 terrorist attacks over the previous six months. An...

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