Islamic State suicide bomber planning attack on India’s leadership elite detained in Russia

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said that its officers had detained a suicide bomber who was plotting a terrorist attack against one leader who is part of India’s elite.

“Russia’s FSB identified and detained a member of the Islamic State international terrorist organization banned in Russia, a native of a country in the Central Asian region, who planned to commit a terrorist act by blowing himself up against one of the representatives of the ruling circles of India,” the authority said in a statement according to Russia news agency Sputnik.

The statement also added that the detained was recruited by one of the Islamic State suicide bomber in Turkey.

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According to the Indian Home Ministry, the Islamic State is using various internet based social media platforms to propagate its ideology. The agencies are closely monitoring the cyberspace to keep a track on the activities of the outfit which is banned in India.
The National investigation Agency (NIA) too has carried out a series of raids in recent years and busted scores of Islamic State modules.