A? man who was planning to be a suicide bomber was detained in? Vologda after explosives intended for? detonation were found his apartment, FSB investigators said Monday.
Officers from? the Federal Security Service arrested the? suspect on? Saturday after a? search of? his apartment yielded several explosive devices including an? F-1 grenade, blasting caps and? an improvised shrapnel bomb containing screws and? 200 grams of? TNT, Interfax reported, citing the? FSB.
Investigators also seized extremist religious literature and? CDs containing recordings of? al-Qaida ideologue Abu Yahya and? Said Buryatsky, a? Russian militant leader killed in? a military operation in? 2010.
The? suspect, a? native of? Vologda whose name was not released, had previously been convicted of? robbery, rape, vandalism and? murder.
According to? an FSB spokesman, the? man served 17 years in? prison and? became an? adherent of? radical Islam in? 2009 while serving time in? the Arkhangelsk region with inmates convicted of? terrorism, Interfax said.
He remains in? custody and? faces charges of? illegally storing weapons, ammunition and? explosive devices.
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