The Federal Security Service (FSB) in the republic of Karachay-Cherkessia in the North Caucasus reported on Friday that it had killed a man suspected of preparing a terrorist attack against security forces.
According to the report, the man was found in the village of Adil-Khalk, in the north of the republic, and opened fire on officers before himself being shot and killed.
Security forces found a Kalashnikov assault rifle, a homemade explosive device and communications equipment allegedly containing correspondence with collaborators abroad at the scene of the shootout, state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported, adding that a criminal case had been launched.