Four IS supporters detained in Russia

Four supporters of the Islamic State (IS) have been detained on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in the country's Republic of Dagestan, Russia's NAC said.

The detained, all natives of Dagestan, were held in Moscow and the republic's capital of Makhachkala on Friday and Saturday, local media reported citing a statement issued by the National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) on Saturday, Xinhua reports.

The four suspects confessed that they had contacts with the IS emissaries and plotted terrorist attacks with home-made bombs and cold weapons in crowded places, according to the statement.

Dagestan is a hotbed of insurgency in North Caucasus close to the conflict-ridden Middle East. Repeated violent attacks have plagued the region for years.

--IANS

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