MOSCOW, Aug. 12 — Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday that it foiled a terror attack targeting a high-ranking defense ministry official in the Moscow region.
The agency said it detained a dual Russian-Ukrainian citizen attempting to use a homemade explosive device disguised in a car for the attack.
The vehicle, filled with more than 60 kg of explosives, was to be detonated when the high-ranking officer passes by, the FSB said.
Over the past year, Russian authorities have reported multiple foiled plots involving car bombs and other explosive devices, often accusing Ukrainian special services of orchestrating them.
In a high-profile incident, Russian Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the General Staff’s main operations directorate, was killed in a car explosion in the Moscow region on April 25. (Xinhua)
