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Terror Attack Plotted in Moscow to Stop Russia's Anti-ISIL Operation

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Two suspects, Aslan Baisultanov and Elman Ashaev, were arrested, out of three present in court on Tuesday. Twelve suspects have been detained in connection with the case, according FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Recently detained suspects, planning a terrorist attack in Moscow, intended to make Russia stop its anti-Islamic State operation in Syria, a Federal Security Service’s (FSB) investigator said Tuesday.

"Baisultanov received an order to prepare the attack to pressure the [Russia] authorities and make them to stop the operation in Syria against the Islamic State," the investigator said at a court hearing.

A Russian policeman speaks to the media in the building where homemade explosives were found in an apartment, in Moscow, Russia - Sputnik International
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Arrested Over Plotting Terror Attack in Moscow Were Trained in ISIL Camps
On Monday, the FSB said it had detained several people for plotting a terrorist attack. Media reports claimed the FSB had seized a 5-kilogram bomb from several people who are suspected of planning an attack in Moscow.

According to the investigation, Baisultanov received instructions for a terrorist attack in Moscow while he was in the city of Grozny. The suspect at the time also received a detonator and explosives.

Russia’s Sukhoi Su-25, Su-24M and Su-34 attack aircraft, with the support of Su-30 jets, commenced precision airstrikes against IS targets in Syria on September 30, following a request from Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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