Russia’s FSB security service says it shot dead a man planning ‘terrorist attacks’ in Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday it had “neutralised” a man who was planning “terrorist attacks” on the Moscow metro and a Jewish religious institution in the Moscow region.

FSB officers attempted to arrest the suspect, but he resisted and was shot dead by return fire, the FSB said.

The suspect had planned to travel to Afghanistan and join a terrorist group following the attacks, it stated.

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)