Overview

• The 11th-grade student is held in a pretrial detention center after a case opened in mid-September and an arrest order took effect in early October, according to court materials.
• Dagestan’s Supreme Court rejected a defense request for house arrest under parental supervision, leaving the teen in custody.
• An anonymous source familiar with the investigation told RIA Novosti the student was instructed via TikTok to collect a pistol and attack police and was detained while trying to retrieve a weapon.
• The same source said the student does not deny involvement, a claim not reflected in the court documents cited.
• Court records state the case stems from online contact with an unidentified ISIS participant, with participation in the banned organization in Russia punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison.