According to the press service of the court, six petitions were filed for the selection of a preventive measure in the form of detention in respect of six citizens who are suspected of attempting a terrorist act.

“In relation to one citizen, a preventive measure has been chosen in the form of detention for a period of two months.

With regard to the rest of the citizens, the court recognized the detention by the preliminary investigation bodies as legal and justified, the term of their detention was extended by 72 hours, ”the statement says.

The court confirmed, the agency emphasizes, that the message is related to an incident with a 16-year-old boy on October 30.

On the night of October 30, a 16-year-old teenager tried to set fire to the building of the police department in the city of Kukmor in Tatarstan.

During the arrest, the young man stabbed a police officer at least three times, another police officer opened fire to kill, and the attacker died.

Investigators opened a criminal case on attempted terrorist act and encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to transfer this criminal case to the central office of the department.