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Russia arrests suspect over planned shopping mall bombing

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Russia’s Federal SecurityService (FSB) said on Friday it arrested a Central Asian national suspected ofplanning to bomb a shopping mall in Stavropol, southern Russia.

    The suspect belonged to aninternational terrorist organization banned in Russia and had pledgedallegiance to its leader, according to the FSB, which said he had surveyed themall, identified its busiest hours, selected a location for an explosivedevice, and acquired materials to assemble it, with plans to travel to Syriaafterward to join the group.

    A search of his residenceuncovered explosive device components and communications equipment containinginstructions from a handler.

    In a video released by theagency, the detainee admitted to planning the attack, claiming that a contactabroad had instructed him to film the mall and purchase materials beforeofficers arrested him during a visit to the site.

    The FSB’s Stavropol regionalbranch launched a criminal investigation under Articles 30 and 205 of Russia’sCriminal Code, with the suspect facing up to 10 years in prison, TASS said.

    Russian authorities have notdisclosed his nationality or identified the organization to which he allegedlybelonged.

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