Thursday, 27 April 2006

FSB: GROUP OF WOULD-BE BOMBERS CRUSHED IN NORTH CAUCASUS

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By empty (4/27/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

All members of a militant group believed to have been planning a bomb attack were destroyed in an armed clash in a village in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Karachayevo-Cherkesia on Thursday by the Federal Security Service (FSB) and police forces, the FSB said. The alleged bombing was to be carried out in Karachayevo-Cherkesia on May 9, a Russian public holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over the Nazis during World War II, the FSB said in a release. \"Due to fierce armed resistance, all members of the group were liquidated,\" the release said.
All members of a militant group believed to have been planning a bomb attack were destroyed in an armed clash in a village in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Karachayevo-Cherkesia on Thursday by the Federal Security Service (FSB) and police forces, the FSB said. The alleged bombing was to be carried out in Karachayevo-Cherkesia on May 9, a Russian public holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over the Nazis during World War II, the FSB said in a release. \"Due to fierce armed resistance, all members of the group were liquidated,\" the release said. The release said that two policemen had received \"light wounds\" in the clash and that no civilian had been hurt. \"According to preliminary information, an explosive device was being manufactured in a private house in the village of Storozhevaya. Components of an improvised explosive device have been discovered,\" the release said. (Interfax)
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