Russia's FSB claims to have prevented a terrorist attack a week after more than 140 people were killed in Moscow.

23:34, Fri, Mar 29, 2024 | UPDATED: 23:35, Fri, Mar 29, 2024

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) prevented "a terrorist attack in a crowded place" in Stavropol Krai in Friday, according to Russian state-owned news agency TASS. 

The FSB claimed to have detained three citizens of an unnamed Central Asian country who allegedly planned to cause an explosion.

"Components of an improvised explosive device, chemicals, and munitions were seized from the detainees at their place of residence," the FSB said.

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