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A teenager planning a bombing attack on an Orthodox church has been detained in Ufa

2026-03-19

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[Regnum] The Federal Security Service (FSB) detained a teenager who, on instructions from his Ukrainian handlers, was planning a terrorist attack on an Orthodox church in Ufa.

…the capitol of Bashkortostan, Russia.

This was reported on March 18 by the agency's Public Relations Center.

The agency determined that a Ufa resident born in 2009 was recruited into an international terrorist organization. The teenager's handler was a Ukrainian-based terrorist functionary under the pseudonym Mansur al-Ukraini. Communication took place via the Telegram messaging app.

On instructions from his curator, the teenager recruited high school and college students.

"Furthermore, acting on the instructions of his supervisor, the suspect planned to manufacture a homemade explosive device and commit a sabotage and terrorist act in one of Ufa's Orthodox churches," the FSB Public Relations Center added.

The teenager was detained, and a search of his home revealed extremist literature, terrorist organization symbols, and video instructions on how to make homemade explosive devices and commit terrorist attacks.

A criminal case was opened against the minor under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 (“Assistance to terrorist activity”), Part 2 of Article 205.2 (“Public calls to commit terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism, or propaganda of terrorism”), and Part 2 of Article 205.5 (“Organization of the activities of a terrorist organization and participation in the activities of such an organization”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

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