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| In Omsk, FSB officers detain migrants for collecting money for Islamists | |
| 2024-07-16 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In Omsk, FSB officers detained migrants from the Central Asian region who organized a collection of money to buy weapons for militants of the Islamic Katiba Tawhid Wal-Jihad,
“Having entered into a criminal conspiracy, they established contact with an emissary of the terrorist organization Katiba Tawhid Wal-Jihad, who was wanted internationally, and then organized a collection of funds for the purpose of purchasing weapons for the militants,” the statement said. According to law enforcement, the accomplice to the crime has been arrested. The man regularly transferred small amounts to the accounts of an international terrorist organization. His accomplice, who lives in Novosibirsk, has also been detained. Both criminals are from Central Asian countries, the press service of the UFSB added. The department also specified that the men were planning to leave the Russian Federation and become members of a terrorist organization. A criminal case was opened under articles of a terrorist nature. It is also reported that the accomplices were trained in the manufacture of homemade explosive devices; they were trained in a number of areas using specialized literature on terrorism. Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that a foreigner was detained in the Amur Region for financing a terrorist organization. A criminal case was opened against him under the article "Financing of terrorism", under which he faces 8 to 15 years of imprisonment. FSB officers also detained a resident of Rostov-on-Don suspected of financing the Ukrainian army. The woman transferred a total of over 330 thousand rubles for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Those are the collectors. What about the contributors? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-07-16 06:21 |