
In Samara, an illegal migrant from Central Asia, who was the leader of the cell of radical Islamists, was detained in Samara, reports Interfax-Volga region with reference to an unnamed “informed source”. The agency does not have official confirmation of this information.
Volga News clarifies that they detained the suspect on July 19.
The cell of the 26-year-old migrant, who worked in the Kirov clothing market, collected, as claimed, from neighbors in a rented apartment. In total, eight people lived there, including one woman.
The cell members "promoted the ideas of ethnic superiority, radical forms of Islam, and also called for the commission of extremist-terrorist crimes in the Russian Federation."
The proposed leader of the junction, the IDEL. Reali reports , published calls for terrorism on his page in classmates. It is also reported that he intended to go to Syria to fight on the side of the Islamic State.
The detainee was charged with part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorism via the Internet), which provides for up to seven years of the colony. It is reported that he gave a confession and announced repentance.
Meanwhile, his neighbors, declared by members of the cells, only expelled from Russia, accusing of violation of migration legislation.
Samara security forces periodically announce the detention of suspects in terrorism and extremism, including migrants. On August 2, one of the suspects - a 24 -year -old visiting person from Central Asia - when trying to detained , wounded two TSPE operatives with a knife and disappeared. Its discovery, as far as is known, was not reported.