Russia says raids shut down IS-linked Internet group

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MOSCOW: The Russian security agency said it found weapons and explosives after raiding a string of locations in central Russia to shut down an online group spreading propaganda for Islamic State jihadists.  

The FSB security service and the police “identified and thwarted” the activities of cells belonging to an international Internet community “created for the propaganda of terrorist ideology and recruiting of fighters for the Islamic State”, the FSB said in a statement.