Terrorists planning sick V-Day attacks during mass street celebrations arrested
TERRORISTS have been arrested on suspicion of planning to carry out sick terror attack during mass street celebrations on V-Day.
The terrorists were planning to cause havoc at V day celebration events
The group from Asian countries have been arrested by the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia's security agency.
They were allegedly planning on carrying out attacks following commands from the Syrian and Turkish terrorist leaders.
In a statement the FSB said: "We have found a large quantity of weapons, explosives and other terrorist equipment.
"The suspects were planning to fire weapons into a crowd, during mass street celebrations on May 9."
They were planning to attack the city of Moscow
The suspects were planning to fire weapons into a crowd, during mass street celebrations on May 9
According to the security agency, the citizens of the former Soviet republics were based in Moscow and were planning to target the capital.
The FSB said the terrorists have made confession statements and were working on orders from their superiors located in Syria and Turkey.
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Reports suggest that there are 12 terrorists who have been arrested and they were all living together in an apartment in Moscow.
Among them were nine men from Uzbekistan, one from Kirghizstan, and two Russians.
The terrorists were discovered to have been in mobile contact with terrorists from Syria and Turkey.
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