Russia detains German man accused of blowing up gas distribution pipe


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Nov 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has detained a German citizen on suspicion of explosives-smuggling and terrorism, accusing him of blowing up a pipe at a gas distribution station, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday.

The FSB said the man, whom it named as Nikolai Gaiduk, had been involved in the attack in Russia's Kaliningrad Baltic Sea exclave in March, using a home-made bomb.

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