Arkhangelsk FSB office bombing

The Arkhangelsk FSB office bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred in Arkhangelsk, Russia. On the morning of 31 October 2018, a 17-year old tekhnikum student entered the local office of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and pulled a manually controlled Improvised explosive device from under his clothes and detonated it.[3] He died on the spot and the explosion injured three local FSB officers.[4]

Arkhangelsk FSB office bombing
Part of Terrorism in Russia
Left-wing terrorism
The perpetrator entering the FSB precinct before the bombing
LocationArkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Date31 October 2018
8:52 AM[1] (Moscow Time)
TargetFederal Security Service
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Weaponsacetone peroxide powered Improvised explosive device
Deaths1 (the perpetrator)
Injured3
PerpetratorsMikhail Vasilievich Zhlobitsky[2]
MotiveAnarcho-communist terrorism

Motive

Minutes before the explosion, a post was submitted to an anarcho-communist themed online chat on Telegram by a user under the alias "Sergey Nechayev" who used the logo of the Red Army Faction as his avatar, stating he was going to bomb the Arkhangelsk FSB office in retaliation against the torture of Russian anarchists and anti-fascists.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Не пил, не курил: что рассказывают о взорвавшем бомбу в ФСБ в Архангельске". BBC News Русская служба. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  2. "Семья устроившего взрыв в Архангельске не знала о его участии в радикальных группах". ТАСС. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. "Теракт в здании ФСБ в Архангельске. Главное — Meduza". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  4. "Teen blows himself up at Russia security HQ". BBC News. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  5. "Подросток пришел взрываться в ФСБ". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  6. "Губернатор Архангельской области заявил, что подозреваемый в совершении взрыва в здании ФСБ действовал в одиночку". Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-02.
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