| Members of the Tobolsk branch of Hizb-ut-Tahrir, an organization found to be extremist by the Russian Supreme Court, has been collecting weaponry and planning to take hostages, Tyumen region prosecutor Ernest Valeyev told a news conference at the join Interfax-Urals and Tyumen Line news agency center on Friday. The regional prosecution office has evidence of such plans and intends to present it to the court, he said. Five of the eight suspects in the case have been arrested, Valeyev said. "The group will most likely face charges of extremism and setting up an extremist organization. The investigation is expected to be completed in November," he said. |