Russia prevents 19 terrorist attacks in first half 2018
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E-mail Xinhua, August 3, 2018
Russian law enforcement agencies foiled 19 terrorist attack attempts in the first six months of the year, a Russian official said Friday.
The number of extremist acts decreased from the same period last year, said First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman at a meeting of senior prosecution officials.
The Prosecutor General's Office said Wednesday that the number of terrorism-related crimes in Russia dropped 14 percent year on year in January-June to 968.
Most of such crimes were committed in North Caucasus, a hotbed of insurgency plagued for years by repeated violent attacks against governmental and military agencies and civilians.
Russia has stepped up law enforcement efforts nationwide since a deadly bomb attack in the St. Petersburg metro in April 2017.
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