Russia's security service announced on Friday, December 27, that it had prevented a terrorist attack by the Afghanistan-based ISIS-K branch near the Russian Interior Ministry in Moscow.

Russia's security service said that ISIS members resisted armed forces and were killed at the time of their arrest.

The identities of these individuals have not been announced.

Russia's state-run Tass news agency reported on Friday, citing the country's security service, that the attackers were from Central Asia.

According to the report, ISIS-K members had purchased a vehicle, placed propane gas cylinders in it, and then began making an improvised explosive device.