Serbia foils attempted Putin assassination

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  • 16 January, 2019
  • 09:58
Serbia foils attempted Putin assassination
Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

Baku. 16 January. REPORT.AZ/ Serbian police have detained a 21-year-old Armin Alibashich, Report informs citing foreign media.

He is suspected of preparing a terrorist attack during the President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Belgrade scheduled for January 17.

According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the suspect was stopped on January 14 by a police patrol, who had spotted a backpack that had a precision rifle inside it. The police and the Serbian Information Security Agency searched his apartment and revealed an arsenal of weapons and all the components for an explosive device.