Illegal Muslim prayer hall blown up in Russia after police find explosives inside

Explosives found in an illegal Muslim prayer hall near the Russian city of Samara were eliminated right inside the building. Bomb disposal team deemed it too dangerous to take the explosives out.

Explosives found in an illegal Muslim prayer hall near the Russian city of Samara were eliminated right inside the building. Bomb disposal team deemed it too dangerous to take the explosives out.

A police dog helped to find a cache with more than a kilogram of explosives of unknown origin. A bomb-disposal expert said extracting the explosives would be definitely unsafe and bomb technicians rolled in a water cannon, a source within Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told RT.

The house was used for gatherings of Salafis, followers of an ultra-conservative movement within Sunni Islam, and it was not registered with the regional Muslim community as an official house of worship.