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FSB Says It Thwarted School Attack Plot in Adygea as Court Orders Suspect Held

Investigators cite foreign coordination over Telegram, with incendiary bottles, knives, a flag seized.

Overview

  • Maykop City Court ordered the detained suspect held until February 28, according to the regional courts’ press service.
  • Security officials say they disrupted a planned attack at the preparation stage targeting students at a school in the Republic of Adygea.
  • The suspect is described by the FSB as a Central Asian national and alleged supporter of a banned international group, with activity coordinated from abroad via Telegram; the agency also warns that Ukrainian services seek recruits online.
  • From a car parked by the school, officers seized ten bottles containing a homemade incendiary mixture, two tactical knives, and a flag linked to a terrorist organization.
  • FSB released detention footage and a video in which the suspect says he was instructed to burn the school’s holiday tree, and investigators opened a criminal case for attempted terrorism.