Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
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This is the moment Russian FSB agents arrest two teenagers for reportedly plotting a school terror attack with explosives and nail bombs that they tested on cats.
The two unnamed teenagers, born in 2003 and 2004 respectively, were arrested by the Federal Security Service the FSB, which replaced the KGB, in the city of Kerch on the Crimean Peninsula.
The two boys did not resist the agents of the FSB who also found a number of explosives as well as nails, possibly intended for a nail bomb, according to reports.
One of the boys, whose identity has not been revealed, said they planned to attack School Number 15.
In addition to the alleged terror plot, the two teens confessed to torturing and killing cats on which they used to test their explosive devices, according to local media.
Reports said that the pair found bomb-making information on the internet.
Both teenagers have been arrested and cops have initiated two criminal cases against them for terrorism and preparation to commit a crime, according to local media.
It is believed the suspects were inspired by a school attack that took place in Crimea in October 2018 that was carried out by Vladislav 15-year-old Daniil Pulkin, and resulted in the death of 21 people, according to reports.
It was initially branded a terrorist attack but officials later said that he had acted alone and classified it as a school shooting and mass murder, with the attacker motivated by personal reasons not linked to an ideology or organisation.
It is not the first time he has served as an inspiration to others. A student in Volsk in the Saratov Region in Russia identified as 15-year-old Daniil Pulkin who is obsessed with 15-year-old Daniil Pulkin, committed an attack on 28th May 2019.
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