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| New Year holidays TERRORIST ATTACK in St. Petersburg averted after US tip-off: FSB releases VIDEO of suspects’ arrest | |
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| The FSB released footage showing two terrorist suspects being detained by operatives in St. Petersburg. The pair have been plotting high-profile attacks over the New Year holidays in Russia’s second-largest city. | The FSB released footage showing two terrorist suspects being detained by operatives in St. Petersburg. The pair have been plotting high-profile attacks over the New Year holidays in Russia’s second-largest city. |
| The video, made public by the security service this Monday, shows an entry team surrounding and handcuffing one of the men – said to be a Russian citizen – in the stairwell of a multi-story building. The camera then jumps to the moment his flat was thoroughly searched, uncovering a cache of shotgun cartridges, combat knives, and electric wires. | |
| His accomplice, also a Russian national, appears on another video while presumably pledging allegiance to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in Arabic. | |
| The FSB didn’t expand much on the arrests, but said it secured enough evidence proving the suspects were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg. | |
| Previously, it confirmed it received a tip-off “from our American partners” which allowed the operatives to track the would-be terrorists and thwart their plans. The successful operation was discussed on the highest level, with Vladimir Putin thanking Donald Trump for sharing the crucial intelligence. | |
| The presidents talked on the phone, and agreed to carry on cooperation in combatting terrorism, the Kremlin revealed. | |
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