GROZNY, November 11 -- Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service Department for Chechnya have averted an act of terrorism which gunmen were preparing against top officials of the republic.
As Itar-Tass learnt at the press service of the department, "on the eve, an operation to detain bandits involved in the preparation of this act of terrorism was conducted in the village of Katur-Yurt of the Achkhoi-Martan region of the republic."
The operation was held in interaction with forces of the special antiterrorist centre and the regional military commandant?s office. According to the press service, "the bandits, who were staying in an unfinished house in Lenin Street, began shooting, having realised they were disclosed." During the battle, one of them was destroyed. Afterwards, proofs were found that the killed gunman was an expert in explosions - - apart from firing arms, he had finished homemade explosive devices and elements for them with him.
According to the information got by the Federal Security Service Department, the bandits were preparing a series of acts of sabotage and terrorism with the use of car-bombs on the eve of the parliamentary elections scheduled for November 27. Committing these crimes, they intended to destabilise the situation in the republic.
A thorough investigation is underway.
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