FSB reports about detention of a terrorist accomplice

Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov, a native of Dagestan, was arrested on the charge of involvement in the “Islamic State” (IS, a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, – note of the “Caucasian Knot”). The suspect repeatedly made money transfers to IS members, the Russian FSB reports.

According to the investigators’ version, Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov is “a member of a deeply conspiratorial IS unit.” The money he sent was allegedly used to carry out a terror act in a nightclub in Istanbul on January 1, 2017, which killed 39 people, including a woman from Russia.

Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov’s brothers are also put on the international wanted list for their participation in hostilities in Syria.