Interfax: an explosive device that did not go off was found near the police department in Balashikha

In the Moscow region town of Balashikha, near a police station in the Zarya microdistrict, an explosive device was found that did not go off, . Interfax reports, citing an informed source

“According to preliminary data, there were explosives inside the bucket. However, the mechanism was faulty and it could not work,” the agency’s source said. According to him, a visual inspection showed that the explosives were not fresh, “laid several months ago.”

There is no official confirmation of this information.

Earlier, RIA Novosti, citing a representative of the region's emergency services , reported that the dog showed by its behavior the presence of explosives in a suspicious object with wires. It was seized and taken away for disposal.

about the fact that an undetonated bomb was found near the police department, without disclosing its sources also wrote Baza . According to the telegram channel, it was supposed to explode after November 2018 - several calls remained on the mobile phone that was connected to it - from November 23 and the 25th of the same month. “Experts believe that in this way the device was checked before connecting to the IED,” wrote Baza.

According to the telegram channel, a bucket full of ammonium nitrate was found by accident while cleaning the area. The SIM card found in the phone is registered to a native of Kyrgyzstan who has already left Russia.

At the same time, the REN TV channel, citing sources , wrote that the found object turned out to be a dummy used as part of the exercise. They found him after an anonymous call to the police.