Russian police have arrested a minor in connection with an alleged plot to attack Moscow, Russian news agencies reported Sunday, after Russia received a tip-off from the United States.
In a statement quoted by Russian news agencies on Sunday, Russia’s FSB security service said it had arrested a minor who had posted photos of himself on TikTok wearing a balaclava, cap and goggles and holding what resembled an automatic weapon. The US embassy did not give details on who was plotting the attack. The FSB did not name the male in question. The Tsaritsyno museum is an imperial palace and park complex in southern Moscow popular with residents and tourists. Relations between Russia and the United States have thawed in recent months, amid ongoing strain between Washington and Kyiv over a US-Russia diesel deal. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The US has provided Russia with warnings of planned attacks before, including in March 2024, weeks before an ISIS-K attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed over 100 people.
The US embassy in Moscow published a statement on Saturday saying it was “aware of a credible threat of a mass casualty event… at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in Moscow”. “We are grateful to the American side for the information provided,” the FSB was quoted as saying.
