The FSB reported on the detention of three eighth-graders in the Moscow region who damaged railway tracks on instructions from a telegram

FSB officers detained three eighth grade students who damaged railway tracks in the Moscow region. This was reported to TASS by the department's department for Moscow and the Moscow region.

The detainees live in the town of Chekhov near Moscow. According to investigators, through telegram they came into contact with unknown people who offered them money to damage the tracks. The teenagers completed the task by damaging “transport infrastructure facilities” on the Kursk railway section. They filmed everything to get money.

What amount they were promised, what kind of damage they caused and whether they received the money is not specified. The issue of bringing schoolchildren to criminal liability is being resolved. Their actions can be classified as a terrorist attack or sabotage.

In connection with the incident, the FSB called on teenagers and their parents to “remain vigilant and not follow the lead of persons who are used by the Ukrainian special services to commit sabotage on the transport infrastructure of the Russian Federation.”

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