New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- PYATIGORSK - Russia's Federal Security Service said Sunday it had detained a 2001-born citizen of a Central Asian country in Stavropol region who was preparing to bomb the prosecutor's office in Pyatigorsk, operating on instructions from a handler based in Syria. The FSB did not name the suspect's country of origin, identify the Syria-based operative, or disclose the specific terrorist organization it described as internationally banned.

Investigators seized explosive device components, chemicals needed for assembly, and shrapnel materials from the suspect, TASS reported. The suspect had conducted surveillance of the area around the prosecutor's office and obtained materials needed to construct the device before the ...