IS Group Plans Attacks in Russia, Europe – Russia Anti-terror Body
World | January 29, 2016, Friday // 16:05| viewsRussia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee has said that a faction of the Islamic State group led by a Chechen national is plotting terrorist attacks in Russia and Europe, sputniknews.com has reported.
“Russian special services uncovered that certain Daesh cells are plotting terrorist attacks in Russia and European countries,” the Russian news service quoted committee spokesman Andrey Przhezdomsky as saying on Friday.
Daesh is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group of jihadist militants.
According to Przhezdomsky, the terrorist faction is battalion-strong, its members are mostly from North Caucasus and its leader is Akhmed Chatayev also known as the One-Handed. He is considered one of the main Daesh recruiters in Russia, according to sputniknews.com.
The United States Treasury Department has designated Chatayev as a global terrorist.
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