Russia's FSB stages supposed "counter-terrorist operation" in Ingushetia, Russia, lasting over 12 hours

FSB personnel near the building in Ingushetia. Photo: Russian news outlet 7x7
FSB personnel near the building in Ingushetia. Photo: Russian news outlet 7x7

Russian security forces have been conducting "active measures to take out militants" in the city of Karabulak, Republic of Ingushetia [a subject of the Russian Federation], since Saturday evening (2 March), lasting until Sunday morning (3 March). Russian propaganda media has reported that six people were killed during an assault on a flat.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti; BBC News Russian; Telegram-based news outlet Mash

Details: The counter-terrorist operation (CTO) began at 19:30 on Saturday.

Early reports indicated that six bodies of the militants had been found in the house after the CTO and inspection of the four-storey building.

The suspects were allegedly "planning terrorist attacks in public places".

A group of unidentified individuals was reportedly locked by the FSB officers in a residential apartment building in the south of Karabulak. It is claimed that they put up resistance and used hand grenades.

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