Russia Says It Thwarted Planned Mass Shooting Attack in Moscow

Russia Says It Thwarted Planned Mass Shooting Attack in Moscow
A Russian Federal Security Service officer patrols a street in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2019. Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images
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MOSCOW—Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday it had thwarted a planned militant attack in Moscow and shot dead an unnamed man it said was plotting a mass shooting in a crowded public place.

State TV channel Rossiya 24 showed a picture of the man, who the FSB said was from a Central Asian country, lying face down dead on the ground with a Kalashnikov assault rifle he had apparently been using nearby.