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2 detained ISIS members planned to carry out terrorist attacks in Moscow on September 1 – FSB 2 detained ISIS members planned to carry out terrorist attacks in Moscow on September 1 – FSB
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The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has detained two Islamic State group members who were planning to carry out attacks in Moscow Region on September 1.The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has detained two Islamic State group members who were planning to carry out attacks in Moscow Region on September 1.
The detainees were plotting to attack crowded places on Knowledge Day, which marks the beginning of the school year in Russia, the FSB said in a statement. The detainees were plotting to attack crowded places on Knowledge Day, which marks the beginning of the school year in Russia, the FSB said in a statement. 
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The FSB said it “detected and suppressed the criminal activity of two immigrants from the Central Asian region, who were plotting to carry out terrorist attack in places of mass gathering on 1 September this year.”
This year, one of the main Muslim holidays, Eid al-Adha, which is better known in Russia by the Turkic name ‘Kurban Bayram,’ will be also celebrated on September 1.
Earlier one of the detainees published a video in which he addressed Islamic State terrorists (IS, formerly ISIS\ISIL), according to the FSB.
“In the address he gave the so-called ‘oath of loyalty to terrorists.’ After that, he planned stabbing attacks on civilians.”
The second suspect told the FSB he was going to carry out a suicide bombing, the statement says. The officers found a high-power, homemade explosive device, as well as components for its production in a search of his home.
The Federal Security Service is going to charge those detained with preparation for terrorist attack, participation in a terrorist organization, and ammunition trafficking.