Car bomb plot against high-ranking Russian officer thwarted – FSB (VIDEO)
A Ukrainian plot to target a high-ranking officer of the Russian national guard (Rosgvardiya) with a car bomb has been foiled, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said.
Operatives in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic detained a local man recruited by Kiev’s spy services to carry out the attack, the agency said in a statement on Friday.
On the instructions of his handlers, he had collected components from a hidden cache in order to produce a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, the statement read.
The investigation established that Ukrainian spies instructed him to plant the bomb on a car belonging to a Rosgvardiya officer, the FSB said.
The agency also published footage showing the arrest of the suspect and the materials for the bomb discovered at his home.
Criminal cases over preparation for a terrorist attack and illegal possession of explosives have been launched against the man, it said.
