A militant cell suspected of having links to Islamic State has been eliminated in southern Russia, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) reports. The group was planning at least three terror attacks in the region, including one on a Muslim Holiday.
In a special operation in the Republic of Ingushetia on Friday, Russia’s security forces killed six militants in the city of Nazran and the village of Gazi-Yurt in the North Caucasus Region. One of the militants was identified as an agent of the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group, according to NAC. Regional authorities say two of the militants have been identified so far.
“As a result of the coordinated and purposeful work of the Russian special services, a large terrorist cell, which was headed by an agent from Syria, has been dismantled today. Upon his arrival in Ingushetia, he intended to organize subversive and terrorist acts here that would destabilize the situation and sow fear among the population. However, he himself, and his accomplices, whom he attracted to this criminal purpose, are now eliminated,” the head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said in a statement, adding that the culprits planned to carry out at least three major terror attacks in Ingushetia
