Russia’s security service foils terror attack in Samara region

YEREVAN, MARCH 26, ARMENPRESS.Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Tuesday announced that it prevented a terrorist attack on a humanitarian aid reception point in the country’s Samara region.

“The Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Samara region prevented a terrorist act planned by a citizen of the Russian Federation born in 1994, an accomplice of the terrorist organization Russian Volunteer Corps, operating under the patronage of the Ukrainian special services,” the FSB’s Public Relations Center told the state news agency TASS.

When the perpetrator was being detained, the home-made explosive device self-detonated with the offender sustaining fatal wounds. "No security operatives or civilians were harmed," the FSB added.