A case has been opened against a teenager in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic on charges of attacking a police officer

The investigative bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria have opened a criminal case against a 17-year-old local resident suspected of aiding terrorist activity. Information about this is posted on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

According to the investigation, in 2024, the suspect, adhering to the ideology of an international terrorist organization banned in Russia, organized its cell in the Urvansky District of the republic. The alleged goal of the group was to commit crimes against government agencies and security forces. It is alleged that the suspect was recruiting accomplices to carry out these plans.

On July 4, 2025, the suspect and the organizer of the group attempted to attack a traffic police officer in Nalchik in order to seize his weapon. During the incident, the organizer was killed, and the minor suspect was detained while attempting to escape. The head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Kazbek Kokov, explained the attack on traffic police officers in Nalchik as “attempts to destroy the country.”

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