Search and detention in a mosque near Moscow

In Yakhroma near Moscow, under the pretext of searching for an unnamed person was searched. Several dozen people were detained.

June 13, 2018, around 5 am, employees law enforcement agencies conducted a search in the mosque "Adam" in Yakhroma near Moscow. The searchers produced a court order authorizing searches of the building in looking for a certain person.

The search took place with numerous violations. The security forces entered into the building in shoes, broke the door to the Imam's office, took out everyone who remained in mosques after morning prayers. In addition to the building, cars were searched parishioners.

About 70 people were detained, 45 of them are citizens of the CIS countries.

Sources

• Mosque in Yakhroma near Moscow undergoes rigorous search with arrests // islamnews. 2018. June 13.