Russian security service detains IS suicide bomber plotting attack in India

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday detained a suicide bomber belonging to the Islamic State terrorist group. The group is reportedly planning a terrorist attack against one of India's leadership elite, Russian news agency Sputnik reported.

"Russia's FSB identified and detained a member of the Islamic State international terrorist organization banned in Russia, a native of a country in the Central Asian region, who planned to commit a terrorist act by blowing himself up against one of the representatives of the ruling circles of India," the authority said in a statement, the ANI reported.

The detained was recruited by ISIS in Turkey. India's Central government has notified the IS and its manifestations as Terrorist Organization and included in the First Schedule to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

This is a developing story.