3 Suspects Arrested in ‘Anti-Terror’ Sweep in Russia’s Volatile Dagestan Region

Three terrorist suspects have been detained in what Moscow is calling a “counter-terrorism operation” carried out in Russia’s southern Dagestan region. “This morning, security apparatuses detained three individuals in [the cities of] Makhachkala and Kaspiysk who had been planning terrorist offenses,” Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee said in a March 31 statement. The suspects were found in possession of automatic weapons, ammunition, and explosive devices, according to the statement. The Epoch Times could not independently verify the report, which comes in the wake of a March 22 shooting attack in Moscow that killed scores of Russian civilians. The majority-Muslim Republic of Dagestan is located in the Caucasus region, between the Black and Caspian seas, and shares borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan....