Russia

Moscow Man Busted Bringing Explosives Into Railway Station

TROPHIES OF WAR

The suspect was caught as he tried to go through the station’s metal detector.

A general view shows Kursky (Kursk) railway station in Moscow, Russia, February 10, 2016.
Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

A man was arrested in Moscow on Friday after he tried to enter a railway station while carrying explosives, according to reports. State media outlet Ria Novosti says the man was rumbled when he tried to go through the Kursky Railway Station’s metal detector while carrying two antipersonnel mines, prompting an evacuation of the station’s ground floor. Another state outlet reported the man was actually carrying two grenades, while the Shot Telegram channel alleged the suspect was returning to Russia from the war in Ukraine and had brought the explosives as “trophies.”

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