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Russia Detains 271 Muslims - Terror Probe
ST PETERSBURG, Feb 10, (AFP): Russian police detained nearly 300 Muslims from several countries in Saint Petersburg as part of a probe into suspected calls to terrorism, investigators said Saturday.
They said in a statement that 271 people including citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, nationals of Russias North Caucasus and an Egyptian and an Afghani were detained to verify their suspected involvement in terrorist activity.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) and police carried out the operation on Friday in the Apraskine Dvor central market where Muslims are known to work and pray.
The authorities did not say whether they had released the people, but immigration officials said Saturday that 10 of them would be deported, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
ST PETERSBURG, Feb 10, (AFP): Russian police detained nearly 300 Muslims from several countries in Saint Petersburg as part of a probe into suspected calls to terrorism, investigators said Saturday.
They said in a statement that 271 people including citizens of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, nationals of Russias North Caucasus and an Egyptian and an Afghani were detained to verify their suspected involvement in terrorist activity.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) and police carried out the operation on Friday in the Apraskine Dvor central market where Muslims are known to work and pray.
The authorities did not say whether they had released the people, but immigration officials said Saturday that 10 of them would be deported, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
