Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had thwarted a series of planned terrorist attacks in the southern region of Dagestan, state news agency RIA reported.
Terrorism flares in the North Caucasus
Islamist violence has flared up again in recent months in the North Caucasus, which in the 1990s and 2000s was riven by wars and insurgencies emanating from Chechnya. Last month, 22 people were killed in simultaneous attacks on churches, synagogues and police checkpoints in two cities.
In March, an attack claimed by Islamic State killed 145 people at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow. Russia has arrested the suspected gunmen and a number of alleged accomplices, mostly citizens of Tajikistan, who are currently awaiting trial.
