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Russian police detain recruiter for extremist groups |
2016-04-28 |
[RFE/RL] Authorities in Moscow have detained a man on the suspicion that he is a recruiter for extremist organizations. Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said that the suspect was detained as a result of a special operation. She said police and security officers found a bomb and several grenades in an apartment rented by the man in the town of Khimki near Moscow. The suspect was identified as "a 23-year-old citizen of an Asian country." Volk said he is suspected of "recruiting fighters for international extremist religious groups" among Moscow residents from Central Asia and the Caucasus. |
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