FSB Says Prevented Series Of Attacks On Schools In Russia In October

FSB Says Prevented Series of Attacks on Schools in Russia in October

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) prevented a series of attacks on schools in Russia in October 2018, the first deputy head of an FSB department, Sergey Yegorov, said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd November, 2018) Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) prevented a series of attacks on schools in Russia in October 2018, the first deputy head of an FSB department, Sergey Yegorov, said Thursday.

"After the events in Kerch, in October alone we prevented a whole series of real attacks on schools," Yegorov said at a round table in the Federation Council on security issues in educational institutions.

On October 17, an 18-year-old student started shooting and detonated a bomb in a college in Kerch, Crimea, where he studied himself. The attack claimed the lives of 21 people, including 16 students and 5 staff members, while over 50 were injured. After the attack, the perpetrator killed himself inside the college library.