Russia: Three detained on suspicion of planning Moscow bombing

Three people were detained in Moscow on Sunday on suspicion of plotting to carry out a bomb attack in the Russian capital. “A group of persons involved in the preparation of a terrorist attack in the capital [of the Russian Federation]“ were detained in a flat in central Moscow, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced. The Federal Security Service (FSB) reportedly said on Monday that the group were trained by the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and were planning to carry out an atta