(New York Times) Ivan Nechepurenko - Russia's Federal Security Service said on Monday that it had detained seven people suspected of being members of a terrorist cell aligned with the Islamic State that was planning large-scale terrorist acts in the country. The seven, who were detained in Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, are citizens of Russia and Central Asian states, and their cell was managed by a leader from Turkey. Law enforcement officers discovered an explosives laboratory, firearms and grenades. According to Rossiya 24 TV, members of the cell were planning simultaneous attacks on the subway systems of St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.
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