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20 of October, 11:35

The FSB of Moscow arrested 20 Islamists The FSB of Moscow and Moscow region carried out special operation on detention of Islamic militants on the ground in the Russian capital. It is told that 14 of them are proscribed organisation, which operates in the area of "Islamic state" of Iraq and Syria.

The special forces of the MIA of Russia "Zubr" and the FSB of Russia conducted a joint operation to apprehend the militants, 14 of whom are members of the banned terrorist organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami". All law enforcement agencies arrested 20 Islamists.

"All the suspects are adhered to radical views and spread their own ideas on areas of Moscow region with the aim of creating a "worldwide Islamic Caliphate" and collecting cash for its financing", - quotes LifeNews the words of an unnamed source in law enforcement bodies. In the process of the RAID, a search was conducted at 24 locations. All was withdrawn 20 PC, 40 mobile phones and 200 brochures.

Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami - an international Islamic political party whose aim is the creation of a "worldwide Islamic Caliphate" and imposing the Muslim culture. The work of this organization is prohibited on the ground of Russia and Germany. Besides all this, the party members are prosecuted and in some countries of Central Asia.

Days.Roux earlier it was informed that in Moscow employees of FSB prevented a terrorist attack that was supposed to be the answer to domestic security operation in Syria. Subversive group detained in Moscow on 11 October, expected to carry out a terrorist act in one of 2 huge mosques of the city of Moscow. The objective of criminals, who lived in the center of Moscow, was supposed to be or the historical mosque on Bolshaya Tatarskaya, or new mosque on Prospekt Mira.
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