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15 Islamists with suicide belts detained in Moscow
 Russian police on Wednesday arrested 15 heavily armed Islamic extremists in Moscow who allegedly belong to a banned offshoot of Al-Qaeda and were preparing suicide attacks.The Interior Ministry said members of Takfir wal-Hijra a group formed in Egypt in the late 1960's and outlawed in Russia in 2010 had been discovered with weapons, suicide belts and extremist literature. Russian television footage showed riot police burst into a high-rise apartment in a pre-dawn raid and throw several men face down onto the floor. Police were shown opening plastic bags holding grenades and pistols and a heavy black object identified as an explosive belt. The Ministry said the group had been funding its activities by conducting general crime in the Moscow region. Posted by: ryuge 2013-11-28 |
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