| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Video shows detention of an alleged sponsor of ISIS in Astrakhan |
| 2022-05-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A native of Komi was detained in Astrakhan on suspicion of financing IS*, he was transferred to Syktyvkar for further investigation, the FSB said. Representatives of the department used force during the detention of the suspect, it follows from the video of the detention. A resident of Usinsk (Komi Republic) was detained in Astrakhan on suspicion of financing terrorism, the press service of the Federal Security Service of Russia for Komi informed. extremist content," the TASS agency quoted the message as saying. According to the department, the suspect is an adherent of the radical movements of Islam. In 2015, he "repeatedly transferred money" to an Islamic State member, "which was then used to purchase weapons and ammunition." The suspect was transferred to Syktyvkar and taken into custody, the agency said in a May 26 publication. During the arrest, three security forces knocked the suspect to the floor in the apartment, he screamed and resisted, follows from the video of the arrest, published today on the YouTube channel of the Astrakhan News publication. The video shows the books, SIM cards, laptop and headphones seized from him. After that, one of the security forces leads the suspect in handcuffs down the stairs. The detention was carried out by employees of the FSB of Russia in the Astrakhan region and the Komi Republic, the publication informed today. The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that a resident of the Kamyzyaksky district of the Astrakhan region was found guilty of collecting money for terrorists as part of the organizers of a secret cell of the international terrorist organization "Islamic State" * banned in Russia by a court, the court sentenced her to eight years in prison. |
| Posted by:badanov |