Russia's FSB Thwarts Terrorist Attacks On Jewish Sites In Krasnoyarsk And Sovropol

Arrested by Russian FSB. (Source: Russian Federal Security Service)

JAKARTA - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has succeeded in preventing terrorist attacks on Jewish religious sites in the Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol Regions planned by members of international terrorist organizations, the FSB press office said.

"The Federal Security Service has succeeded in thwarting terrorist attacks on Jewish religious sites in the Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol Regions, which are planned by supporters of international terrorist organizations banned in Russia," the FSB press office told TASS as quoted October 6.

"In Krasnoyarsk, two people from Central Asia were arrested for preparing to detonate a homemade explosive device in the city's synagoge," the press office noted.

"In Pyategorsk, a Russian citizen was arrested for planning to burn a Jewish religious community building using bottles containing flammable materials. Two knives and communication devices containing a correspondence with foreign coordinators of criminal content on Telegram were also confiscated from him," explained the FSB.

In Krasnoyarsk, components to make explosives and explosives were confiscated from a terrorist hiding place in an abandoned building.

Russian authorities have opened criminal cases related to this incident.

According to the FSB, the terrorist attack was planned under the pretext of protecting the interests of Palestinians suffering during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

However, the real goal of the terrorists was to spark inter-ethnic clashes to provoke mass protests in Russia, similar to the riots in Dagestan in October 2023, which were coordinated from abroad via Telegram.