Suspected ISIS terrorists shot dead on the street by Russian cops ‘had bomb in car’
An explosives robot was used to make the explosive safe
SECURITY forces gunned down two suspected ISIS terrorists during a security operation in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod.
Russia’s NTV television quoted a source as saying the suspected jihadists had come to the city, 250 miles from Moscow, to prepare a terror attack.
A source told TASS news agency: “Law enforcement officers stopped a car, two suspects resisted arrest and were liquidated on the spot. Explosives were found in the car.”
Two officers from the special police were injured and a third suspect was detained alive.
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The Independent reported that Russian media posted photographs from social networking sites apparently showing two bodies lying on the ground near a car.
What appears to be a bomb disposal robot can also be seen in the images. TASS reported that the robot was used to neutralise a bomb inside the car.
Official estimates from the Russian government suggest that 2,400 Russians had joined the Islamic State by September 2015.
The majority of fighters come from the North Caucasus - where there are a significant number of Muslims - like Chechnya and Dagestan.
There are also some from Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Russian forces are bombing Islamic State targets, although observers claim they are mostly targeting rebels hostile to Moscow ally Syria.
