Teen Detained in Russia's Siberia for Preparing Armed Attack on School - Security Service

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A teenager has been detained in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk for preparing an armed attack on a school, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.

"Russia's FSB has detained a Krasnoyarsk resident, born in 2006, preparing an armed attack on a school. A sawed-off hunting shotgun, supposed improvised explosive devices, means of communication and personal diaries containing information about the planned crime have been seized", the FSB said in a statement.

A procedural decision will be made after analysing weapons, ammunition and other objects and documents, the FSB went on to say.

Earlier in April, Russia's FSB foiled terrorist attacks in public places in the Stavropol Territory and in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (KhMAO).

One of the criminals was detained in the city of Neftekumsk, the second was neutralized after offering armed resistance, the FSB said, adding that there were no casualties among civilians and law enforcement officers.

The officers found and seized a homemade IED, components for IEDs production, weapons and ammunition, the FSB said.

The prosecution will initiate criminal cases under articles "terrorist act", "illegal purchase, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of weapons, their main parts and ammunition", and "attempted murder of law enforcement officer", it added.