Russia’s FSB thwarts bomb attack in Yekaterinburg, detains four, agencies report

(Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had thwarted a large attack in the city of Yekaterinburg and detained four teenagers it said had been planning to detonate a bomb in a crowded area, Russian news agencies reported.

The FSB said it had seized components for a homemade explosive device and that investigators in the Sverdlovsk region had opened a criminal case, agencies reported.

(Reporting by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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