The Moscow police prevented over 60 terrorism offenses in 2020, the city's department of the Russian Interior Ministry said on Thursday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st January, 2021) The Moscow police prevented over 60 terrorism offenses in 2020, the city's department of the Russian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
According to the police statistics, the figure remains roughly the same in the past few years.
"Police officers prevented 61 crimes of a terrorist nature," the Interior Ministry said in a video presentation.
Terrorism-related crimes include preparations to stage terror attacks; recruiting new members to terrorist organizations; publicly calling for terror attacks; and hostage-taking.
