Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday that it had eliminated Islamic State terrorists who were plotting to attack a synagogue in Moscow, Russian state media outlet TASS reported.
“On the territory of the Kaluga Region, a stop was put to the activity of Wilayat Khorasan, a cell of the Afghan branch of the international terrorist organization Islamic State, which is banned in Russia, whose members were planning to commit a terrorist act against one of the Jewish religious institutions in Moscow,” the FSB said in a press statement, the outlet noted. (RELATED: REPORT: Mob Torches Historic Synagogue In Tunisia)
The FSB added that the Islamic State members, who planned to shoot up a synagogue in Moscow, fired on FSB agents during an operation to capture them and were “neutralized” when FSB agents returned fire, the outlet noted.
FSB agents conducted a search of the house that the terrorists were staying in and found firearms, ammunition and bomb components, TASS reported.
A video of the aftermath of the shooting was published by Zvezda News, an outlet with close ties to Russia’s security and military apparatus, according to The Times of Israel.
❗🇷🇺⚔️🏴☠️ – Officials of the Russian FSB in the Kaluga region neutralized a cell of the Islamic State terrorist group, whose members were preparing an armed attack on a synagogue in Moscow.
During the arrest, the terrorists resisted and were eliminated. pic.twitter.com/I1LGq3LFMc
— 🔥🗞The Informant (@theinformant_x) March 7, 2024
The video shows the dead bodies of the alleged terrorists, as well as rifles, ammunition, combat knives, a map and other items.